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    Who wrote a satire about Emperor Claudius and referred to him as a pumpkin-head?

    Question #87405. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Oct 17 07 10:34 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Seneca

    "...the remarkable discovery that a "pumpkin" served Seneca as the basis for his satire on Emperor Claudius."


    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-55174795.html

    Oct 17 07, 10:39 PM
    lanfranco

    		It's not actually certain that this satire was written by Seneca, and it is sometimes called the "Gourdification of Claudius":




    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocolocyntosis

    Oct 18 07, 8:09 PM

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