Hipponax

…(mid-7th century bce), the satirist Hipponax, and the famous philosopher Heracleitus, one of the Basilids.

…issued by the satirical poet Hipponax. In the Arabic poetic tradition, hijāʾ (“lampooning”) has been present since the tradition’s earliest days. Such satires could be hurtful, if not fatal, and were easily weaponized; the poet could lead his people into battle, hurling his verses as he would hurl a spear.…