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And like Gryllus, one of Menander's characters declares that if he were to be born again, he would choose any animal rather than the human.
THERIOPHILY GEORGE BOAS 1968
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Menander's words, 'Love is opportunity; and he that is smitten is the only one wounded.'
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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_Eunuchus_, 'contaminated' from Menander's Εὐνοῦχος and his Κόλαξ.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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_Adelphoe_ is founded on Menander's Ἀδελφοί with a scene added from Diphilus 'Συναποθνῄσκοντες.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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The play is adapted from Menander's Ἀνδρία with additions from his Περινθία.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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If we were to judge by the fragments transmitted to us, we should have to say that Menander's comedy was ethical philosophy in verse; so mature is its wisdom, so weighty its language, so grave its tone.
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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With strong sublime the page of Accius glows; Menander's comic robe Afranius wears,
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810
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Menander's Κόλαξ, or (according to Ritschl) Diphilus '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Menander might have disputed the palm; but Menander's works have perished, and his greatness must be guessed.
Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson
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The original was probably Menander's Δὶς ἐξαπατῶν.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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