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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Menander canonical | 19 |
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.