Menander
historical figure · 12 works · 23 mentions · 29 anchored passages
the comic poet · Laetus · Menander of Ephesus · Menander of Pergamum · Menander the Samaritan · Menander the Simonian · the Menandrian flow · the comic poet Menander · the greatest of poets · the same comic poet
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5 expressionsMenander of Ephesus1 mention
Apologeticum (Latin)
their followers too, Ptolemy of Mendes and Menander of Ephesus and Demetrius of Phalerum and King Juba and Apion and Thallus, and whoever either approves or convicts these;
Menander of Pergamum and Laetus1 mention
Stromata (Greek)
Hiram gives his own daughter to Solomon at the time when, after the capture of Troy, Menelaus came to Phoenicia, as Menander of Pergamum and Laetus say in their Phoenician histories.
Menander the Samaritan1 mention
De Anima (Latin)
that even from this point Epicurus' stupor may not be poured over us, denying that this debt pertains to us, but rather the madness of the heretic Menander the Samaritan may be spat upon, who says that death not only does not pertain to his followers, but does not even reach them.
Menander the Simonian1 mention
De Anima (Latin)
Some believe that they have come down from the heavens, with as much persuasion as they undoubtedly promise that they will return thither — as Saturninus, the disciple of Menander the Simonian, brought in, affirming that man was made by angels, and at first a feeble and weak and unstable work, throbbing on the earth like a worm, since the powers to stand were wanting;
The greatest of poets“Menander”1 mention
On the Shortness of Life (Latin)
some have no settled goal by which to steer their course, but are overtaken by fate as they lie languid and yawning, so that I cannot doubt the truth of what the greatest of poets uttered as if in the manner of an oracle:
in the texts
Stromata
Athenian comic poet quoted twice on the definition and mixed value of marriage.
So the comic poet Menander says:
So the comic poet Menander, having run down marriage, but setting against it also the useful things, answers the one who said:
"All things that are sought, the wisest say, have need of care.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Athenian officer already present in Sicily who is made a colleague-commander to Nicias.
The Athenians, after hearing it, did not allow him to resign his command, but till the arrival of others who were elected as his colleagues, they joined with him two of those who were there on the spot, Menander and Euthydemus, that he might not in his illness bear the labour alone;
But having issued orders for five days' provisions, and taken all the stone-masons and carpenters, with all the other apparatus besides, both arrows and every thing else that was necessary for them, should they succeed, to have while they were building, he himself, with Eurymedon and Menander, took the whole force, after the first watch of the night, and advanced against Epipolae, Nicias being lef …
Demosthenes, Menander, and Euthydemus, who went on board the Athenian fleet to take the command, put out from their own station, and immediately sailed to the bar at the mouth of the harbour, and the passage through it which had been closed up, wishing to force their way to the outside.
Orations
Athenian comic playwright, whose statue is invoked as a standard of genuine honor.
and so-and-so, the all-too-facile poet, who once gave a display both among you and here, they have not only set up in bronze, but beside Menander.
For the representation by Menander of every character and charm has surpassed all the cleverness of the old comic poets;
Of the poets, then, I would counsel you to read, not casually, Menander among the comic poets and Euripides among the tragic;
De Anima
Simonian teacher of Saturninus.
Some believe that they have come down from the heavens, with as much persuasion as they undoubtedly promise that they will return thither — as Saturninus, the disciple of Menander the Simonian, brought in, affirming that man was made by angels, and at first a feeble and weak and unstable work, throbbing on the earth like a worm, since the powers to stand were wanting;
that even from this point Epicurus' stupor may not be poured over us, denying that this debt pertains to us, but rather the madness of the heretic Menander the Samaritan may be spat upon, who says that death not only does not pertain to his followers, but does not even reach them.
Hellenica
An Athenian officer who commands the hoplites in the cavalry pursuit of Pharnabazus after the battle near Abydus.
And Alcibiades pursued him with the Athenian cavalry and one hundred and twenty of the hoplites, under the command of Menander, until darkness covered the retreat.
The generals, however, and especially Tydeus and Menander, bade him be gone;
they were also making their preparations for battle, and had chosen three generals in addition to the former number,—Menander, Tydeus, and Cephisodotus.
On Moral Ends
Greek New Comedy playwright whose plays were adapted by Caecilius, Terence, and Afranius.
'Am I,' says he, 'to read the Synephebi of Caecilius or the Andria of Terence rather than both plays of Menander?
Certain passages I shall translate, if it seems good — chiefly from those I have just named, when occasion arises that it may be aptly done, as Ennius is wont to draw from Homer, and Afranius from Menander.
Protrepticus
Comic poet quoted first for urging worship of the Sun, and later, in two named plays, for mocking the mercenary cult of the Mother of the gods.
Menander the comic poet, for instance, in the play The Charioteer:
"O Sun, you must worship first of the gods, through whom it is possible to behold the other gods.
Nemean
Athenian trainer credited with aiding the victor's success in Nemean 5.
It is fitting that a trainer of athletes should come from Athens.
Know that through the help of Menander’s good fortune you won sweet requital for your toils.
On the Shortness of Life
An unnamed poet described as speaking 'as if in the manner of an oracle' about how little of life is truly lived.
some have no settled goal by which to steer their course, but are overtaken by fate as they lie languid and yawning, so that I cannot doubt the truth of what the greatest of poets uttered as if in the manner of an oracle:
Apologeticum
Historian listed among sources for antiquity verification.
their followers too, Ptolemy of Mendes and Menander of Ephesus and Demetrius of Phalerum and King Juba and Apion and Thallus, and whoever either approves or convicts these;
De Carnis Resurrectione
Heretical teacher who held that the human body was the work of angels.
This useless and trifling little body, which they do not even shrink from calling an evil — though it had been the work of angels (as Menander and Marcus would have it), though it were the construction of some fiery angel as well (as Apelles teaches) — would suffice, by the patronage of a second divinity, to establish the authority of the flesh.
De Pallio
Greek comic playwright whose line is cited to mock luxurious dress.
Plainly, if anyone in the Menandrian flow draws a delicate garment along the ground, let him hear of his own that which the comic poet says, What a chlamys does that madman waste?