pumpkinification of the claudius

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(Politika Siyaset) The Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, literally The Pumpkinification of (the Divine) Claudius, is a political satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, probably written by Seneca the Younger. It is the only example of Menippean satire from the classical era that has survived. The title plays upon "apotheosis", the process by which dead Roman emperors were recognized as gods

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pumpkinification of the Clau·dius