Menander

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Athenian ancient Greek playwright comic poet dramatist person

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.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian → ancient Greek playwright → comic poet → dramatist → person →
awardReceived	City Dionysia victory → Lenaia victory →
contemporaryOf	Diphilus → Philemon →
countryOfCitizenship	Ancient Athens → Ancient Greece →
dateOfBirth	circa 342 BC →
dateOfDeath	circa 290 BC →
educatedAt	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 →
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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aristophanes →	influenced
Menander →	name
Attic Greek →	usedBy