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  1. Menippean satire was a form of Greek and Roman literature 
  2. developed by the Greek writer Menippus in the early 3rd century B.C. It 
  3. combined prose and poetry to criticize conventional institutions and 
  4. accepted ideas. Within the tales the author often digressed, airing his 
  5. views on topics that had nothing to do with the plot.