Oenomaus (early C2 ad) A Cynic philosopher from Gadara in Syria. Reference to him as Abnimos in the Talmud may indicate that he was a Jew. In imitation of his fellow citizen, menippus (1), he wrote Against Oracles, which is known to us mainly from Eusebius, who attacked his thesis quoting his work extensively. Influenced by diogenes (2), he wrote lost tragedies and a political treatise. Like crates (2), he composed lost parodies in verse, and he influenced the writings