Burlesque.
Father of burlesque poetry. Hippoʹnax of Ephesus. (Sixth century B.C.)
Father of burlesque poetry. Hippoʹnax of Ephesus. (Sixth century B.C.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.