Papyrus Anastasi I contains a text in this genre that tells the story of an unskilled messenger who is ambushed in a mountain pass, and, in another Egyptian example of this genre, Dua-Khety favorably compares being a scribe to various other jobs for his son. Pliny reports that Hipponax's texts in it, which used a metre called the "scazon" or the "choliamb," provoked suicid
Papyrus Anastasi I contains a text in this genre that tells the story of an unskilled messenger who is ambushed in a mountain pass, and, in another Egyptian example of this genre, Dua-Khety favorably compares being a scribe to various other jobs for his son. Pliny reports that Hipponax's texts in it, which used a metre called the "scazon" or the "choliamb," provoked suicides. (*) Letters Artificially Composed As If by the Gods is a text in this genre by Menippus of Gadara, who inspired the work of Varro. The term "Gourdification" was used to describe the post-mortem experiences of "Divine Claudius" in a prose work in this genre, and it includes a poem in which Posthumus derides marriage by asking "but who will watch the watchmen?" For 10 points, name these pointed ridicules written by authors such as Juvenal.
Papyrus Anastasi I contains a text in this genre that tells the story of an unskilled messenger who is ambushed in a mountain pass, and, in another Egyptian example of this genre, Dua-Khety favorably compares being a scribe to various other jobs for his son.
Satires [prompt on "comedy" or any equivalents thereof; do not accept "invective"; do not accept more specific sub-genres of comedy such as "Old Comedy" or "New Comedy"]