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Also known as Menander of Athens

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Menander was a male poet and writer from Classical Athens who practiced the New Comedy movement. He wrote in Ancient Greek and was educated at the peripatetic school. His teachers included Alexis and Theophrastus. He was born in Kephisia and died by drowning, with records citing dates between 292 BCE and 290 BCE. His birth is recorded as occurring in either 340 BCE or 342 BCE.

His notable works include the plays Dyskolos, Aspis, Epitrepontes, and Misoumenos. He received the Lenaia award. His native name was Μένανδρος. He is described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. His works are available in collections such as Plays and Fragments and Four Plays of Menander.

Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
22

Top works

  • Plays and Fragments
  • Komödien
  • Four Plays of Menander - the Hero, Epitrepontes, Periceiromene and Samia
  • Neue Menander
  • arbitrage

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1853-12-12
Active to
1917-09-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
8

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Menander">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Menander

Quotes

  • ζ[ῶ]ν οὗτος ἐπιεικῶς χρόνον πολὺν λελάληκεν ἡδέως ἐν τῷ βίῳ οὐδενί, προσηγόρευκε πρότερος δ᾿ οὐδένα πλὴν ἐξ ἀνάγκης, γειτνιῶν παριών τ᾿, ἐμὲ τὸν Πᾶνα· καὶ τοῦτ᾿ εὐθὺς αὐτῷ μεταμέλει, εὖ οἶδ᾿.
  • εὖ τοῦτ᾿ ἴσθ᾿, ὅτι πρὸς πάντα πράγματ᾿ ἐστὶ πρακτικώτερον εὐκαιρία.
  • τῶν δ᾿ ἀναγκαίων λέγειν πλείον᾿ οὐκ ἀνδρὸς νομίζω, πλὴν ἐκεῖνό γ᾿ ἴσθι, παῖ· ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ γὰρ βούλομ᾿ εἰπεῖν ὀλίγα σοι καὶ τοῦ τρόπου. εἰ τοιοῦτοι πάντες ἦσαν, οὔτε τὰ δικαστήρια ἦν ἄν, οὔθ᾿ αὑτοὺς ἀπῆγον εἰς τὰ δεσμωτήρια, οὔτε πόλεμος ἦν, ἔχων δ᾿ ἂν μέτρι᾿ ἕκαστος ἠγάπα. ἀλλ᾿ ἴσως ταῦτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀρεστὰ μᾶλλον οὕτω· πράττετε. ἐκποδῶν ὑμῖν ⟨ὁ⟩ χαλεπὸς δύσκολός τ᾿ ἔσται γέρων.
  • τρυφερὸς ὢν δίκελλαν ἔλαβες, ἔσκαψας, πονε[ῖν ἠθέλησας. ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ μέρει μάλιστ᾿ ἀνὴρ δείκνυτ᾿, ἐξισοῦν ἑαυτὸν ὅστις ὑπομένει τινὶ εὐπορῶν πένητι· καὶ γὰρ μεταβολὴν οὗτος τύχ[ης ἐγκρατῶς οἴσει. δέδωκας πεῖραν ἱκανὴν τοῦ τρόπ[ου· διαμένοις μόνον τοιοῦτος.
  • ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος.
  • ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς ἐπεφάνης.

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Key facts

Writer.name
Menander
Writer.image
Menander Chiaramonti Inv1453.jpg
Writer.alt
Bust of Menander
Writer.caption
Bust of Menander. Marble, Roman copy of the Imperial era after a Greek original (c. 343–291 BC).
Writer.birth_date
342/41 BC
Writer.birth_place
Kephisia, Athens
Writer.death_date
c. 290 BC (aged 5052)
Writer.education
Student of Theophrastus at the Lyceum
Writer.genre
New Comedy

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

22 objects attributed to مناندر, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Gallery (13)