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