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The Plays and Fragments (Oxford World's Classics) by Menander, Peter Brown, 2008-07-15
The Dyskolos (Meridian) by Menander, 1984-03-10
Menander: Heros, Theophoroumene, Karchedonios, Kitharistes, Kolax, Koneiazomenai, Leukadia, Misoumenos, Perikeiromene, Perinthia (Loeb Classical Library No. 459) by Menander, 1997-02-15
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii: Volume 1: The Structures by Roger Ling, 1997-07-17
Classical Comedy (Penguin Classics) by Aristophanes, Menander, et all 2007-05-29
The Masks of Menander: Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman Performance by David Wiles, 2004-06-03
Menander : The Grouch, Desperately Seeking Justice, Closely Cropped Locks, the Girl from Samos, the Shield (Penn Greek Drama Series) by Menander, 1998-01-01
Reproducing Athens: Menander's Comedy, Democratic Culture, and the Hellenistic City by Susan Lape, 2003-11-24
Menander: Samia, Sikyonioi, Synaristosai, Phasma, Unidentified Fragments.Volume III (Loeb Classical Library No. 460) by Menander, 2000-08-01
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii: Volume III: The Finds, a Contextual Study by Penelope M. Allison, 2007-03-08
The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii: Volume II: The Decorations by Roger Ling, Lesley Ling, 2005-10-20
The Complete Greek Drama: All the Extant Tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the Comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, in a Variety of Translations, 2 Volumes
Restorations of Menander by Walter George Headlam, Gustave Lefebvre, 2010-08-06
Menander: Samia (Classical Texts) (Classical Texts) by D. M. Bain, 2000-06-01

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Menander And His Comedies
Biography of the Greek dramatist menander.
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Extractions: MENANDER AND HIS COMEDIES This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 2 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 75-76. Purchase Plays by Menander Menander, the son of Diopeithes, a well-known general, was born at Athens, B.C. 342. He passed his youth in the house of his uncle and received from him and from Theophrastus instruction in poetry and philosophy, probably deriving from the latter in some measure the knowledge of character for which he was noted. His first comedy was produced when he was twenty-one years of age, and from that time until his death, which occurred some thirty years later while bathing in the harbor of the Piraeus, he wrote more than a hundred plays, eight of them winning the prize. He was a disciple of the Epicurean school, and is described by Phaedrus as an effeminate voluptuary, while his amours with the courtesan, Glycera, were notorious. Menander is accepted as the best writer of the comedy of manners among the Greeks. We have a few specimens of the ingenuity of his plots in some of the plays of Terence, whom Julius Caesar used to call a demi-Menander. He was an imitator of Euripides , and we may infer from what Quintilian says of him that his comedies differed from the tragi-comedies of that poet only in the absence of mythical subjects and a chorus. Like Euripides, he was a good rhetorician, and Quintilian is inclined to attribute to him some orations published in the name of Charisius. The every-day life of his countrymen, and manners and characters of ordinary occurrence, were the objects of his imitation. His plots, though skillfully contrived, are somewhat monotonous, and there are few of his comedies which do not bring on the stage a harsh father, a profligate son and a roguish slave. Yet he was greatly esteemed in Athens, where a statue was erected to his memory in the theatre of Dionysus.
Menander (342 B.C. - 291 B.C.)
Biography of Greek playwright menander, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.
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Extractions: Menander After the Macedonian conquest, Greek comedy moved away from the daring personal and political satire of Aristophanes . Lacking complete political independance, writers of this New Comedy found themselves moving towards safer more mundane subject matter. They found their inspiration in the daily life of Athens. Their characters were drawn from the cooks, merchants, farmers and slaves of the city. According to ancient report, the most gifted of these new writers was Menander. Menander, the child of a distinguished family, wrote more than 100 plays during a career that spanned about thirty-three years. He was known for the delicacy and truthfulness of his characterizations, and his poetic style was often mentioned in the same breath as Homer's. Although he won first prize at only eight festivals, he did much to move comedy towards a more realistic representation of human life. Menander's characters spoke in the contemporary dialect and concerned themselves not with the great myths of the past, but rather with the everyday affairs of the people of Athens. His plots revolved around young boys in love with young girls, parents concerned with the misbehavior of their children, unwanted pregnancies, long-lost relatives, and all sorts of sexual misadventures. His first play
Menander - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
menander (ca. 342–291 BC), Greek dramatist, the bestknown representative of Athenian New Comedy, was the son of well-to-do parents; his father Diopeithes is identified by
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Extractions: Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate (February 2010) Bust of Menander. Menander Greek Menandros ; ca. 342–291 BC), Greek dramatist , the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy , was the son of well-to-do parents; his father Diopeithes is identified by some with the Athens general and governor of the Thracian Chersonese known from the speech of Demosthenes De Chersoneso . He presumably derived his taste for comic drama from his uncle Alexis Menander was the friend, associate, and perhaps pupil of Theophrastus , and was on intimate terms with the Athenian dictator Demetrius of Phalerum . He also enjoyed the patronage of Ptolemy Soter , the son of Lagus , who invited him to his court. But Menander, preferring the independence of his villa in the
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Books by menander Plays and Fragments (Penguin Classics), The Dyskolos, Reliquiae Selectae (Oxford Classical Texts), menander, Volume 1, menander Samia, Sikyonioi, Synaristosai
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Menander I - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
menander I Soter The Saviour (known as Milinda in Indian sources) was one of the rulers of the IndoGreek Kingdom in present-day Pakistan from either 165 or 155 BC to 130 BC
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Extractions: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Menander I Indo-Greek king 1. Coin of Menander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (BASILEOS SOTEROS MENANDROU) lit. "Of Saviour King Menander". Reign 155 BCE - 130 BCE Religious beliefs Buddhism Menander I Soter "The Saviour" (known as Milinda in Indian sources) was one of the rulers of the Indo-Greek Kingdom in present-day Pakistan from either or 155 BC to 130 BC (the first date Osmund Bopearachchi and R C Senior, the other Boperachchi) His territories covered the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of Bactria (from the areas of the Panjshir and Kapisa ) and extended to the modern Pakistani provinces of the NWFP Punjab and parts of Himachal Pradesh and the Jammu region. His capital is supposed to have been Sagala , a prosperous city in northern Punjab (believed to be modern Sialkot Pakistan He is one of the few Bactrian kings mentioned by Greek authors, among them
House Of Menander - Pompeii, Italy - Great Buildings Online
House of menander by unknown architect, at Pompeii, Italy, 300, in the Great Buildings Online.
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Menander: Biography From Answers.com
(born c. 342 — died c. 292 BC ) Athenian dramatist. He produced his first play in 321 BC , and in 316 he won a festival prize with Dyscolus ( The Misanthrope ), the only one
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Menander: Plays, Biographies
The Comedy of menander Convention, Variation and Originality; Making of menander's Comedy; Masks of menander Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman
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Menander I
Coin of menander. Greek legend, BASILEOS SOTHROS MENANDROY lit. Saviour King menander . Obv Diademed bust of king Polyxenios. Greek legend BASILEOS EPIFANOIS SOTIROS
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Extractions: Rev: Athena with buckler and throwing a thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA PRACACHASA TRATARASA PALASINASA "Saviour King Polyxenios, Manifestation of God on Earth". Menander I (known as Milinda in Sanskrit and Pali) was one of the rulers of the Indo-Greek Kingdom in northern India from 155 or 150 to 130 BC.
84.02.07: The Grouch (Dyskolos) By Menander An Example Of Greek New Comedy
The Grouch (Dyskolos) by menander An Example of Greek New Comedy. by Norine Polio
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Menander - Greek New Comedy - Menander
menander was a Hellenistic Greek playwright who wrote Greek New Comedy.
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Extractions: zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zGCID=this.zGCID?zGCID+" test11":" test11" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Ancient / Classical History Search By N.S. Gill , About.com Guide Menander Clipart.com More Images zSB(3,3) Menander was born in about 342 B.C. in Athens. Menander's father was the general Diopeithes. Menander learned philosophy from Theophrastus , the successor of Aristotle at the Lyceum and a philosopher known for his " characters Menander wrote over a hundred plays, his first at age 22. Eight of Menander's comedies were prize-winners. Menander is thought to have imitated Euripides and was in turn adapted by Roman writers of comedy, Terence and Plautus. Unlike the classical writers who wrote mythical plots or political commentary, Menander, a Hellenistic Greek, chose as topics for his plays aspects of daily life. His characters were stern fathers, young lovers, crafty slaves, and more. One play by Menander was discovered in 1957. It is the Dyskolos, which won a prize in the Dionysia in 315. In addition, a few fragments of other comedies have survived, as well as traces in the comedy of Terence and Plautus.
Menander I - Includipedia, The Inclusionist Encyclopaedia
A renowned IndoGreek king. His territories covered the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of Bactria (from the areas of the Panjshir and Kapisa) and extended to the
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Menander - Crystalinks
menander. menander (342 291 BC), Greek dramatist, the chief representative of the New Comedy, was born in Athens. He was the son of wellto-do parents; his father Diopeithes is
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Extractions: Menander (342�291 BC), Greek dramatist, the chief representative of the New Comedy, was born in Athens. He was the son of well-to-do parents; his father Diopeithes is identified by some with the Athenian general and governor of the Thracian Chersonese known from the speech of Demosthenes De Chersoneso. He doubtless derived his taste for the comic drama from his uncle Alexis. He was the friend, associate, and perhaps pupil of Theophrastus, and was on intimate terms with Demetrius of Phalerum. He also enjoyed the patronage of Ptolemy Soter, the son of Lagus, who invited him to his court. But Menander, preferring the independence of his villa in the Peiraeus and the company of his mistress Glycera, refused. According to the note of a scholiast on the Ibis of Ovid, he was drowned while bathing, and his countrymen built him a tomb on the road leading to Athens, where it was seen by Pausanias. A well-known statue in the Vatican, formerly thought to represent Marius, is now generally supposed to be Menander, although some archaeologists dispute this, and it has also been identified with his statue in the theatre at Athens, also mentioned by Pausanias. Menander was the author of more than a hundred comedies, but only won the prize at Lenaia eight times. His rival in dramatic art (and in the affections of Glycera) was Philemon, who appears to have been more popular. Menander, however, believed himself to be the better dramatist, and, according to Aulus Gellius, used to ask Philemon: "Don't you feel ashamed whenever you gain a victory over me?" According to Caecilius of Calacte (Porphyry in Eusebius, Praeparatio evangelica) Menander was guilty of plagiarism, his The Superstitious Man being taken from The Augur of Antiphanes.
Menander Old Cantankerous
Access to Reading . Via EReserves; Study Questions . What does this play seem to you most/least to resemble . . . among plays read for class?
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Extractions: Guide to Greek History and Myth History timeline from Greek Persuasion site Additional reference links under "Resources" What themes do you see coming to the fore? What do you think of / how do you respond to . . . Menander (342/1-293/89 BCE) came of age in a world different from that familiar to the great playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes - of the 400s and early 300s BCE. By the time he'd produced his first play ( Anger , in 321), Athens was an oligarchy subservient to the Macedonian kingdom to the north. Autonomy would come and go for Athens in the next few centuries (i.e., until conquest by Rome), but stable democracy would not return to Athens for millenia to come (i.e., not until the 1800s CE). Menander's own biography reflects certain of these changes. Of a good family, he studied with Theophrastus, student of Aristotle, student of Plato, student of Socrates. That is, he, unlike fifth-century dramatist counterparts, had an education in
Menander
menander redivivus O life and menander! Which of you imitated the other? (Aristophanes of Byzantium, on Syranius' Hermogenes 2,23) Now Aristophanes is neither pleasing to
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Extractions: r eturn to Cl 0.1 Three Men and a Baby: Menander's The Girl from Samos click here for notes Professor D. Wilson Click to return to menu Return to Comic Spirit Syllabus top of page Now Aristophanes is neither pleasing to the many nor endurable to the thoughtful, but his poetry is like a harlot who has passed her prime and then takes up the role of a wife, whose presumption the many cannot endure and whose licentiousness and malice the dignified abominate. But Menander, along with his charm, shows himself above all satisfying. He has made his poetry, of all the beautiful works Greece has produced, the most generally accepted subject in theatres, in discussions and at banquets, for readings, for instruction and for dramatic competitions. . . For what reason, in fact, is it truly worth while for an educated man to go the theatre, except to enjoy Menander. (appended to Plutarch
The Questions Of King Menander Presented In Philosophy Section
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Extractions: 3062 days since Newsfinder launched. Posted by Fotopoulou Sophia in Philosophy section Menander is a outstanding figure both in political history and in the history of Buddhism also. He held a colloquy with a Nagasena, which is recorded in the MilindaPanha or The Questions of King Menander (Milinda). The king seems to have been not only outstanding as a soldier but also to have had ability and training in philosophy. According to the MilindaPanha, he invited many personalities in the world of religion to a debate, and vanquished them, afterwards sighing, "No one speaking for religion can defeat me in argument; alas for the world!" The debate with Nagasena consists of questions by King Menander, employing Greek logic, to which Nagasena replies on the basis of Buddhist doctrine, with Indian reasoning. As an unexpected glimpse of the clash between Eastern and Western thinking, it may be called a unique scripture. In the end Menander cannot defeat Nagasena's arguments, and he is said to have been so attracted to them that he became a Buddhist himself. This is perhaps an historical fact: a jar of Buddha relics donated by that king has been recovered from the old stupa at Sialkot. MilindaPanha, or The Questions of King Menander
Menander
menander. Born c. 342 BC Died c. 292 BC Location of death Athens, Greece Cause of death Accident Drowning. Gender Male Race or Ethnicity White Sexual orientation Straight
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Extractions: Executive summary: Early Greek comic dramatist Greek dramatist, the chief representative of the New comedy, born at Athens. He was the son of well-to-do parents; his father Diopeithes is identified by some with the Athenian general and governor of the Thracian Chersonese known from the speech of Demosthenes De Chersoneso . He doubtless derived his taste for the comic drama from his uncle Alexis. He was the friend and associate, if not the pupil, of Theophrastus , and was on intimate terms with Demetrius of Phalerum. He also enjoyed the patronage of Ptolemy Soter, the son of Lagus, who invited him to his court. But Menander, preferring independence and the company of his mistress Glycera in his villa in the Peiraeus, refused. According to the note of a scholiast on the Ibis of Ovid , he was drowned while bathing; his countrymen built him a tomb or the road leading to Athens, where it was seen by Pausanias. A well-known statue in the Vatican, formerly thought to represent Marius, is now generally supposed to be Menander (although some distinguished archaeologists dispute this), and has been identified with his statue in the theater at Athens, also mentioned by Pausanias.
Menander (Greek Dramatist) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
menander (Greek dramatist), c. 342 bcc. 292 bc Athenian dramatist whom ancient critics considered the supreme poet of Greek New Comedy—i.e., the last flowering of Athenian stage
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