The form is named after the Greek cynic Menippus, whose works, now lost, influenced the works of Lucian and Marcus Terentius Varro; such satires are sometimes termed Varronian satire.
The form is named after the Greek cynic Menippus, whose works, now lost, influenced the works of Lucian and Marcus Terentius Varro. Indeed, such satires are sometimes termed Varronian satire.