One poem in this genre described the cannibalism resulting from the feud between the towns of Tentyra and Ombos.
One poem in this genre described the cannibalism resulting from the feud between the towns of Tentyra and Ombos. Another poem in this genre describes a man who was not "one to put his life at risk for the sake of truth" purchasing a gigantic fish for the Emperor Domitian. A prose variety of this genre is named for (*) Menippus of Gadara. Samuel Johnson's "The Vanity of Human Wishes" imitates a poem in this genre which coined the phrase "bread and circuses". Another poem in this genre by the same author asks "who guards the guards themselves?" For 10 points, name this genre exemplified by the aforementioned sixteen poems by Juvenal, which ironically and sarcastically mock social mores.
One poem in this genre described the cannibalism resulting from the feud between the towns of Tentyra and Ombos.
satires [or satura]