Works of fiction mentioned in this work include Abbots' Donkey-Size Pricks, How to Keep It Up Till You're Ninety, and Close-Shaven Clerks by Ockham.
In the first book of this work, Ponocrates provides Anticyrian hellebore, which is used to wipe memories. Other characters include the blind philosopher Diogenes who repeatedly carries a barrel up a hill and tosses it down. One protagonist named for his thirst receives his education from the Sophist Tubal Holoferenes. Works of fiction mentioned in this work include Abbots' Donkey-Size Pricks, How to Keep It Up Till You're Ninety, and Close-Shaven Clerks by Ockham. The protagonists also visit the Abbey of Theleme, where monks observe the rule: "Do what thou wilt."  In another episode, Bacbuc the priestess brings one character to the Oracle of the Holy Bottle. That character is Panurge, while another protagonist is born from his mother's ear. For ten points, name this doubly eponymous work about two giants, a satiric social commentary by Francois Rabelais.
In the first book of this work, Ponocrates provides Anticyrian hellebore, which is used to wipe memories.
{Gargantua} and {Pantagruel} or The {Life} of {Gargantua} and of {Pantagruel} or La {vie} de {Gargantua et} de {Pantagruel}