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*me/nandros
Adler number: mu,589
Translated headword: Menander, Menandros
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Athenian, ancient comic poet.[1] And another
Menander, Athenian, the son of Diopeithes and Hegestrate;[2] concerning whom much has been widely reported; comic poet of the new comedy, squinty in the eyes but sharp in mind, and absolutely crazy about women. He has written 108 comedies[3] and letters to
Ptolemy the king,[4] and numerous other stories in prose.
*me/nandros, *)aqhnai=os, kwmiko\s a)rxai=os. kai\ *me/nandros e(/teros, *)aqhnai=os, o( *diopei/qous kai\ *(hgestra/ths: peri\ ou(= polu\s para\ pa=sin o( lo/gos: kwmiko\s th=s ne/as kwmw|di/as, strabo\s ta\s o)/yeis, o)cu\s de\ to\n nou=n kai\ peri\ gunai=kas e)kmane/statos. ge/grafe kwmw|di/as rh# kai\ e)pistola\s pro\s *ptolemai=on to\n basile/a, kai\ lo/gous e(te/rous plei/stous kataloga/dhn.
Notes:
[1] Or: poet of old comedy. But either way, not reliably differentiatable from his famous namesake, about to be mentioned.
[2] c.344/3-292/1 BC: OCD4 s.v.
Menander(1); Kassel-Austin, PCG VI.2, where this Suda entry is testimonium #1. (For Diopeithes see
delta 1188.)
[3] Other sources say 109; but only eight known victories.
[4] The first of that name, king of Egypt.
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 14 July 2002@08:34:09.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (supplied headword; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 July 2002@03:59:55.
David Whitehead (modified aspects of translation, after advice from Dr Paul Iversen; associated adjustments in notes; another keyword) on 11 April 2006@03:13:53.
David Whitehead on 16 May 2013@04:30:30.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 9 August 2014@08:28:21.
David Whitehead (expanded n.2) on 24 December 2014@03:14:49.
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