Menander

• “The Greek or Roman hints are gathered in Menander (p. 108 — 164) and Theophylact”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “a verse in Menander, the comic poet, who probably took it from”

  Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

• “Whether they then submitted, or whether the attempt to subdue them was given up, is uncertain, since the quotation from Menander, which is our sole authority for this passage of history, here breaks off abruptly.”

  The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

• “About 40 years after the, death; of the elegant and fententious Menander, that is to fay about 260 years before the beginning of the Cbrijiian Era, Theocritus invented a new fpecies "of" Poetry.”

  Internet Archive: Letters Concerning Education: Addressed to a Gentleman Entering at the ...

• “MR. SYMONDS thus describes him: "His personal beauty, the love of refined pleasure that distinguished him in life, the serene and genial temper of his wisdom, the polish of his verse, and the harmony of parts he observed in composition, justify us in calling Menander the Sophocles of comedy.”

  Mosaics of Grecian History

• “The first real Greek I did were some fragments from Menander:”

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• “The greatest of the Greek rulers of the East was Menander, born near Kabul, who conquered the Punjab and invaded the Ganges valley.”

  Simon & Schuster: Alexander the Great

• “Menander How many days a year did the future Alexander the Great study with Aristotle?”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Case for Saturday School

• “These longing young lovers; prostitutes and brothel-keepers (all played by men in masks); lecherous or greedy old men; and wily, mocking slaves were to evolve into the stock comic characters of Menander and Aristophanes, Plautus and Terence, 16th - century commedia dell'arte, Ben Jonson and Moli è re.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Venerable Brought to Vivid Life

• “We spent the past two weeks reading Menander and Wilde, but I also found myself talking speculating that the tricky servant has morphed into the "buddy" figure in contemporary romcoms, noting that "Knocked Up" demonstrates that the side characters tend to be more interesting than the couple a point made by Frye, and, when a student mentioned "Dirty Dancing," having the class go through a checklist of generic comedic traits it shows.”

  Ferule & Fescue

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