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There is no seriousnessStrabo, however (xvi. p. 759), speaks of him as σπουδογέλοιος. in him; but his books overflow with laughter, much the same as those of his contemporary Meleager.For a fragment from his Banquet see Athenaeus 502 c.
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Hermippus says that he lent out money by the day and got a nickname from doing so. For he used to make loans on bottomry and take security, thus accumulating a large fortune.
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At last, however, he fell a victim to a plot, was robbed of all, and in despair ended his days by hanging himself. I have composed a trifle upon himAnth. Plan. v. 41.: May be, you know Menippus, Phoenician by birth, but a Cretan hound: A money-lender by the day—so he was called— At Thebes when once on a time his house was broken into And he lost his all, not understanding what it is to be a Cynic, He hanged himself.
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Some authorities question the genuineness of the books attributed to him, alleging them to be by Dionysius and Zopyrus of Colophon, who, writing them for a joke, made them over to Menippus as a person able to dispose of them advantageously.
