Menander

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Menander was a prominent ancient Athenian playwright of New Comedy, renowned for his sophisticated character-driven comedies that greatly influenced later Roman and European drama.

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Label Occurrences
Menander canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian
ancient Greek playwright
comic poet
dramatist
person
awardReceived City Dionysia victory
Lenaia
surface form: Lenaia victory
contemporaryOf Diphilus
Philemon
countryOfCitizenship Classical Athens
surface form: Ancient Athens

Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
dateOfBirth circa 342 BC
dateOfDeath circa 290 BC
educatedAt Lyceum of Aristotle
surface form: Lyceum
ethnicGroup Greek
floruit late 4th century BC
fullPlaySurvives Dyskolos
gender male
genre New Comedy
comedy
hasPartInCollection Corpus of New Comedy fragments
influenced European drama
Plautus
Roman comedy
Terence
knownFor influence on Roman comedy
sophisticated plots
subtle characterization
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
movement New Comedy
name Menander self-link
notableWork Aspis
Dyskolos
Epitrepontes
Perikeiromene
Samia
occupation dramatist
playwright
poet
placeOfBirth Athens
placeOfDeath Piraeus
religion Ancient Greek religion
studentOf Theophrastus
style character-driven comedy
realistic social observation
traditionOrSchool Attic New Comedy
workPreservationStatus mostly fragmentary

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Attic Greek usedBy Menander
Menander name Menander self-link
Aristophanes influenced Menander
New Comedy notableAuthor Menander
Dyskolos author Menander
Samia author Menander
Samia workOf Menander
Epitrepontes author Menander
Aspis author Menander
Perikeiromene author Menander
Perikeiromene workOf Menander
Plautus influencedBy Menander
Philemon contemporaryOf Menander