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Menander (Greek: Μένανδρος) was a first-century AD Samaritan Gnostic and magician. He belonged to the school of the Simonians , becoming its leader after the death of his master and instructor, Simon Magus , who was in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius .
Menander professed to teach a knowledge of the powers of p. 176 nature, and the way whereby they could be subjected to the purified human will; he is also said to have claimed to be the Saviour sent down by the higher Powers of the spiritual world, to teach men the sacred knowledge whereby they could free themselves from the dominion of the ...
In patristic literature: The gnostic writers …leading 2nd-century Christian gnostics were Saturninus and Basilides, reputedly pupils of Menander, a disciple of Simon Magus (late 1st century), the alleged founder of the movement; they worked at both Antioch and Alexandria.
Jun 6, 2002 · of Athens Menander , M. G. Balme , The plays and fragments . Oxford world's classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xxxiv, 312 pages ; 20 cm.. ISBN 0192839837 . $10.95 (pb).
Preview. The ‘afterlife’ of Menander, in terms of the poet’s popular and critical reception in the ancient and the modern world, is a subject of considerable scholarly interest. It is also a subject which raises some difficult questions. Why was Menander quite so widely celebrated and admired by Hellenistic and Roman readers?
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The question of chronology assumes importance when gnostic thought is related to the gospel of John. Debates have centered in the relation of Mandaean thought to the gospel even though any Mandaean ideas are at the very earliest to be discovered in the third century of our era.5 At the same time, the earliest gnostics-Simon, Menander,
Apr 11, 2003 · Rhetoric employed gnomic discourse as a repertory of universal principles used to defend or reject arguments ( quaestiones finitae ); as rhetorical embellishment ( ornatus ); and, most importantly, in προγυμνάσματα, composition exercises for students and trainees.
