Menippus
Menippus (fl. 250 BCE.) Greek philosopher of Gadara in Syria, who flourished about 250 BCE. Menippus, an adherent of the Cynic School of philosophy, was born at Sinope in Asia Minor, but his family was originally from Gadara, in Palestine. According to Diogenes Laertius, he was at first a slave, but afterward obtained his freedom by purchase, and eventually succeeded, by dint of money, in ...
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