C ena ▁Tr imal ch ion is ", ▁which ▁comb ines ▁ep ic ▁form , ▁tra ged y , ▁and ▁philosophy ▁with ▁verse ▁and ▁pro se ; ▁and ▁in ▁Ap ule ius ' ▁Golden ▁Ass , ▁the ▁form ▁is ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁com ic ▁novel . ▁Element s ▁of ▁the ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁pointed ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁G osp els . ▁ ▁Later ▁examples ▁include ▁The ▁Cons olation ▁of ▁Philosoph y ▁of ▁Bo eth ius ▁and ▁The ▁Ca es ars ▁of ▁Julian ▁the ▁apost ate . ▁ ▁Later ▁examples ▁The ▁form ▁was ▁rev ived ▁during ▁the ▁Renaissance ▁by ▁Er as mus , ▁Bur ton , ▁and ▁Laur ence ▁S terne , ▁while ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁examples ▁include ▁the ▁John ▁Bun cle ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Am ory ▁and ▁The ▁Doctor ▁of ▁Robert ▁S out he y . ▁The ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁saw ▁renew ed ▁critical ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁form , ▁with ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire ▁significantly ▁influen cing ▁post mod ern ▁literature . ▁Contempor ary ▁sch ol ars ▁including ▁F ry e ▁class ify ▁the ▁following ▁works ▁as ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ires : ▁ ▁François ▁R abel ais , ▁G arg ant ua ▁and ▁P ant ag ru el ▁( 1 5 6 4 ) ▁John ▁Bar cl ay , ▁Eu ph orm ion is ▁S aty ric on ▁( 1 6 0 5 ) ▁Joseph ▁Hall , ▁M und us ▁Alter ▁et ▁I dem ▁( 1 6 0 5