Seneca's Apocolocyntosis

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gptkbp:instanceOf satirical work
gptkbp:author gptkb:Seneca_the_Younger
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 54 AD
gptkbp:form prose and verse
gptkbp:genre satire
gptkbp:historicalName written after Claudius's death
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seneca's Apocolocyntosis
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Emperor_Claudius
gptkbp:notableFor mocking the deification of Claudius
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:parodyOf apotheosis
gptkbp:setting heaven and underworld
gptkbp:significance earliest surviving example of Menippean satire in Latin
gptkbp:subject deification of Claudius
gptkbp:survivingWorks partial
gptkbp:title The Pumpkinification of Claudius
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Menippean_satire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7