Menander

Μένανδρος

Ménandros

Country

Classical Athens

Languages

Classical Attic Greek

Dates

c. 342/341 BC - c. 290 BC

graeco-roman

comedies

Menander was a Greek playwright and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His record at the City Dionysia is unknown.

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Works

Δύσκολος

The Grouch

Classical Attic Greek · 316 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

2 translations

Περικειρομένη

The Rape of the Locks

Classical Attic Greek · c. 314/313 BCDrama / Theatre / Plays

2 translations

Σαμία

The Girl from Samos

Classical Attic Greek · c. 315-309 BCDrama / Theatre / Plays

2 translations

Σικυῶνιοι

The Sicyonian

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCDrama / Theatre / Plays

2 translations

Αποσπάσματα

Fragments

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Ἀσπίς

The Shield

Classical Attic Greek · c. 320-290 BCCorrespondence / Letters

2 translations

Γεώργιος

The Farmer

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Δὶς Ἐξαπατῶν

Twice a Swindler

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Ἐγχειρίδιον

The Dagger

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Ἐπιτρέποντες

The Arbitration

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCDrama / Theatre / Plays

2 translations

Ήρως

The Hero

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Θεοφορουμένη

The Girl Possessed by a God

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Καρχηδόνιος

The Carthiginian

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Κιθαριστής

The Harp-Player

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Κόλαξ

The Flatterer

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Κωνειαζόμεναι

Women Drinking Hemlock

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Λευκαδία

The Woman from Leukas

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Μισούμενος

The Hated Man

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCDrama / Theatre / Plays

2 translations

Περινθία

The Woman from Perinthos

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Συναριστώσαι

Women Who Lunch

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Φάσμα

The Apparition

Classical Attic Greek · c. 300 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

1 translation

Short Works

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