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New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1907. Illustration showing King's float for Momus parade.

Momus or Momos () was in Greek mythology the personification of satire, mockery, censure; a god of writers and poets; a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism. His name is related to , meaning 'blame' or 'censure'. He is depicted in classical art as lifting a mask from his face.

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harper's Dictionary of classi... Harry Thurston Peck, Harper's Dictionary of classical antiquity, 1897 www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html - Web

Bohemian Café Society" Bohemian Café Society" www.bohemiabooks.com.au/eblinks/spirboho/paris1830/cafes.htm - Web

Lawrence Sterne, Tristram Shandy Lawrence Sterne, Tristram Shandy www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/satanic_verses/glass.html - Web

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 'Momus, God of Laughter' Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 'Momus, God of Laughter' www.americanpoems.com/poets/Ella-Wheeler-Wilcox/16023 - Web

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