▁from ▁traditional ▁culture , ▁a ▁r haps od ic ▁nature , ▁a ▁fragment ed ▁narr ative , ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁many ▁different ▁targets , ▁and ▁the ▁rapid ▁moving ▁between ▁styles ▁and ▁points ▁of ▁view . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁used ▁by ▁classical ▁gr amm ari ans ▁and ▁by ▁phil olog ists ▁mostly ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁sat ires ▁in ▁pro se ▁( cf . ▁the ▁verse ▁Sat ires ▁of ▁Ju ven al ▁and ▁his ▁im it ators ). ▁Typ ical ▁mental ▁att itudes ▁attacked ▁and ▁rid ic u led ▁by ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ires ▁are ▁" ped ants , ▁big ots , ▁c ran ks , ▁par ven us , ▁virt u osi , ▁enthus iast s , ▁ra pa cious ▁and ▁in comp et ent ▁professional ▁men ▁of ▁all ▁kinds ," ▁which ▁are ▁treated ▁as ▁dise ases ▁of ▁the ▁intellect . ▁The ▁term ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire ▁distingu ishes ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁earlier ▁sat ire ▁pione ered ▁by ▁Arist oph anes , ▁which ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁personal ▁attacks . ▁ ▁Term in ology ▁The ▁form ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Greek ▁c yn ic ▁par od ist ▁and ▁po lem ic ist ▁Men ipp us ▁( third ▁century ▁BC ). ▁His ▁works , ▁now ▁lost , ▁influenced ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Luci an ▁and ▁Marcus ▁Ter ent ius ▁Var ro ; ▁such ▁sat ires ▁are ▁sometimes ▁also ▁term ed ▁Var ron ian ▁sat ire . ▁M . ▁H . ▁Abr ams ▁class ifies ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire ▁as ▁one