Menander

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comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC)

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In later Greek literature the doctrine appears from time to time; it is mentioned in a fragment of Menander (the Inspired Woman) and satirized by Lucian (Gallus 18 seq.). Source: Internet

He is then said to have worked as a manual laborer and to have studied Greek drama—particularly the New Comedy of Menander —in his leisure. Source: Internet

Influences Greek Old Comedy In order to understand the Greek New Comedy of Menander and its similarities to Plautus, it is necessary to discuss, in juxtaposition with it, the days of Greek Old Comedy and its evolution into New Comedy. Source: Internet

Lloyd, R. F., "Two Prologues: Menander and Plautus," The American Journal of Philology 84.2 (1963, April), p. 141. Prologues The poetry of Menander and Plautus is best juxtaposed in their prologues. Source: Internet

However, in both Menander and Plautus, word play is essential to their comedy. Source: Internet

However, Plautus and the writers of Greek New Comedy, such as Menander, were writing in two completely different contexts. Source: Internet

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