Menander

1. Consolatio ad Apollonium Plutarch 2 endorsed 2 citations

   consolatio ad apollonium 2 passages anchored here

   Plutarch explicitly names Menander as the author of the quoted verses and endorses their point ('hath not said much from the purpose').

   For that virtuous men die in the prime of their years by the kindness of the Gods, to whom they are peculiarly dear, I have already told thee in the former part of my discourse, and will give a short hint of it now, bearing witness to that which is so prettily said by Menander:

2. Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat Plutarch 1 authority · 1 neutral 2 citations

   ch. 1 2 passages anchored here

   Named explicitly ('and Menander in this') as the source of the quoted couplet.

   All say I’m rich, but none me happy call;

3. Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 endorsed 1 citation · 2 passages

   oration 88 2 passages anchored here

   Menander's plays are explicitly recommended reading material, endorsed as superior to the old comedy.

   For the representation by Menander of every character and charm has surpassed all the cleverness of the old comic poets;

4. Alexander Plutarch 1 neutral 1 citation · 3 passages

   chapter 17 3 passages anchored here

   Explicitly named as author of the quoted comic verses.

   And Menander, in one of his comedies, evidently refers jestingly to this marvel:

5. De amicorum multitudine Plutarch 1 endorsed 1 citation

   de amicorum multitudine

   Plutarch explicitly states he cannot but extol the sense of this saying, marking clear endorsement of the cited poet.

   However, we cannot but extol the sense of that young man in Menander the poet, who said that he counted every man wonderfully honest and happy who had found even the shadow of a friend.

6. Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur Plutarch 1 neutral 1 citation

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   Named explicitly ('which Menander introduces in one of his comedies') as the source of the sham-Hercules image structuring this section's central analogy.

   for, as women’s pillows, which seem sufficiently stuffed to bear up their heads, yield and sink under their weight, so this counterfeit freedom in a flatterer’s conversation swells big and promises fair, that when it shrinks and contracts itself it may draw those in with it who lay any stress upon its outward appearance.

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