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Menander (/ m ə ˈ n æ n d ər /; Greek: Μένανδρος Menandros; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies [2] and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. [3]
Menander (born c. 342—died c. 292 bce) was an Athenian dramatist whom ancient critics considered the supreme poet of Greek New Comedy —i.e., the last flowering of Athenian stage comedy.
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' Menander the Saviour '; Pali: Milinda; sometimes called Menander the Great) was a Greco-Bactrian and later Indo-Greek King (reigned c. 165 /155 –130 BC) who administered a large territory in the Northwestern regions of the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia.
Menander was the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings and the one best known to Western and Indian classical authors. He is believed to have been a patron of the Buddhist religion and the subject of an important Buddhist work, the Milinda-panha (“The Questions of Milinda”).
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May 29, 2018 · Menander was a Greek playwright of the fourth century BCE, considered the greatest representative of New Comedy. Learn about his life, works, influence, and legacy in this comprehensive article.
Learn about Menander, a Hellenistic Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. Find out his biography, writings, major works and some of his famous maxims.
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Menander of ATHENS （ *Me/nandros ), of ATHENS, the most distinguished poet of the New Comedy, was the son of Diopeithes and Hegesistrate, and flourished in the time of the successors of Alexander .
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