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Definition of Menander
1. Noun. Comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menander
Literary usage of Menander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It is doubtful whether these fragments, which are of sufficient length to afford
a basis for the consideration of the merits of Menander as a writer of ..."
2. Plautus and Terence by William Lucas Collins (1873)
"Menander. Menander was born at Athens, BC 342, of a family in which dramatic
talent was in some degree hereditary, for his uncle Alexis had written comedies ..."
3. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society, J. K. Brennan (1913)
"Menander. THOUGH there are but few fragments of the comedies of Menander, he has
elicited high praise both from ancient and modern critics. ..."
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