# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menippus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:39.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/menippus"
name: "Menippus"
slug: "menippus"
description: "Menippus of Gadara was a Cynic satirist. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. His works, all of which are lost, were an important influence on Varro and Lucian, who ranks Menippus with Antisthenes, Diogenes, and Crates as among the most notable of the Cynics."
tagline: "3rd-century BC Greek Cynic satirist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez_022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-300"
deathDate: "-260"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.18643333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippos_z_Gadary"
    title: "Menippos z Gadary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "منيبوس الكلبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "منيبوس الكلبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BF"
    title: "Менип"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menip"
    title: "Menip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippos_z_Gadar"
    title: "Menippos z Gadar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippos_von_Gadara"
    title: "Menippos von Gadara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Μένιππος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippus"
    title: "Menippus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menipo_de_Gadara"
    title: "Menipo de Gadara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menipo_de_Gadara"
    title: "Menipo de Gadara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippos_Gadaralainen"
    title: "Menippos Gadaralainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nippe_de_Sinope"
    title: "Ménippe de Sinope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menipposz"
    title: "Menipposz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippo_di_Gadara"
    title: "Menippo di Gadara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B9"
    title: "メニッポス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "მენიპოს გადარელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippus"
    title: "Menippus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Менип"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippos_van_Gadara"
    title: "Menippos van Gadara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menippos"
    title: "Menippos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menipo_de_Gadara"
    title: "Menipo de Gadara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menip"
    title: "Menip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Менипп Гадарский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menip_iz_Gadare"
    title: "Menip iz Gadare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452077"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump