Menander Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Menander.

  • 3 Biographies

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Biographies (3)

1,096 words, approx. 4 pages
Menander (342-291 BC) was an Athenian comic playwright. He was the acknowledged master of the so-called New Comedy in Greece. Famed for his realistic portrayal of situations and characters, he greatly... Read more
2,486 words, approx. 9 pages
The comedy of fourth-century Athens, which inspired the Roman plays of Plautus and Terence and, through their own revival in the Renaissance, modern traditions of comedy from William Shakespeare and M... Read more
2,756 words, approx. 10 pages
Biography EssayTranslations in English: The Plays of Menander, edited and translated by Lionel Casson (New York: New York University Press, 1971); Menander. Plays and Fragments, translated, with a... Read more