The Satire of the Trades is an Egyptian text that dates back to 2000 BC. The overall message of the work is that the duty performed by scribes within Egyptian society is more important than that performed by other members of society, such as farmers and builders (Lichtheim, 1973). The next culture that used satire was that of the Greeks. Although they used techniques such as parody, scathing, and perilous social and political commentary in their plays, they didn't really have a name for it. (Sutton, 1993). The playwright Aristophanes was well known for his satirical plays which attacked the politics of the various Greek city-states. This was usually done during the satyr play performed during the intermission of a tragedy. Because of his criticism, Aristophanes was often persecuted by the Greek government (Sutton, 1993). In Roman society, the term satur was first used by Quintilian to describe the works of Lucilius (Kharpertian T. 1990). Satire in ancient Roman society was different from satire today in that writers did not use satire to mock or ridicule. Rather, they were very imaginative writings. When writers like Horace and Virgil spoke against Augustus, they did so using irony. (Sutton,