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Athenian comic playwright (c. 342/341 – c. 290 BC)
Menander (/məˈnændər/ ; Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος, romanized: Ménandros; c. 342/341 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek playwright and the best-known representative
Menander
2nd-century BC Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king
Menander I Soter (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος Σωτήρ, romanized: Ménandros Sōtḗr, lit. 'Menander the Saviour'; Pali: Milinda), sometimes called Menander the
Menander_I
200 BC–10 AD Greek kingdom in South Asia
Indo-Greek King known as Menander II. Menander I's capital was at Sakala in the Punjab (present-day Sialkot). Following the death of Menander, most of his empire
Indo-Greek_Kingdom
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Menander is a Latinized form of the Greek Μένανδρος, Menandros, "staunch man" or "abiding man." It may refer to: Persons Menander, Greek dramatist
Menander_(disambiguation)
Menander (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος; fl. 4th century BC) was an officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He was one of those called etairoi, but he
Menander_(general)
3rd or 4th century Greek rhetorician and commentator
Menander Rhetor (Greek: Μένανδρος Ῥήτωρ), also known as Menander of Laodicea (Greek: Μένανδρος ὁ Λαοδικεύς), was a Greek rhetorician and commentator of
Menander_Rhetor
Building in Pompei, Italy
The House of Menander (Italian: Casa del Menandro) is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration
House_of_Menander
Cultural syncretism in Central and South Asia in antiquity
region by Emperor Ashoka. Later on, the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king Menander I, who may have converted to Buddhism, supported the spread of the religion
Greco-Buddhism
Latin phrase attributed to Julius Caesar
metaphorically "let the game be played". This is a quote from a play by Menander, and Suetonius's Latin translation is slightly misleading, being merely
Alea_iacta_est
Buddhist text dated between 100 BCE and 200 CE
Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda). The Milindapañhā is regarded as canonical in Burmese
Milinda_Panha
Ancient historian cited by Josephus
Menander of Ephesus (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος; fl. c. early 2nd century BC) was the historian whose lost work on the history of Tyre was used by Josephus
Menander_of_Ephesus
Indo-Greek king
Menander II Dikaios (Greek: Μένανδρος Β΄ ὁ Δίκαιος, Ménandros ho Díkaios, meaning "Menander the Just") may have been an Indo-Greek King who ruled in the
Menander_II
First century Samaritan Gnostic
Menander (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος) was a first-century AD Samaritan Gnostic and magician. He belonged to the school of the Simonians, becoming its leader
Menander_(Gnostic)
6th-century Byzantine historian
Menander Protector (Menander the Guardsman, Menander the Byzantian; Greek: Μένανδρος Προτήκτωρ or Προτέκτωρ) was a Byzantine historian, born in Constantinople
Menander_Protector
Genre of ancient Greek literature
New Comedy is known primarily from the substantial papyrus fragments of Menander. A burlesque dramatic form that blended tragic and comic elements, known
Ancient_Greek_comedy
Ancient script of Central and South Asia
copper coin". Coin of Menander II Dikaiou Obverse: Menander wearing a diadem. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ "King Menander the Just". Reverse:
Kharosthi
Ancient Greek comedy by Menander
(Greek: Ἀσπίς), translated as The Shield, is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander (342/41 – 292/91 BC) that is only partially preserved on papyrus. Of a
Aspis_(Menander)
the Hindu Kush. Apollodotus, may have made advances in the south, while Menander, led later invasions further east. Following his conquests, Demetrius received
History of the Indo-Greek Kingdom
History_of_the_Indo-Greek_Kingdom
from the lost history of Menander of Ephesus as quoted by Josephus in Against Apion I. 116–127. Josephus asserts that Menander had drawn his list from
King_of_Tyre
Religions of the Indo-Greeks (c. 200 BCE)
numerous instances of interaction between Greeks and Buddhism are recorded. Menander I, the "Saviour king", is documented to have converted to Buddhism, and
Indo-Greek_religions
9th-century BCE King of Tyre
author Menander of Ephesus (2nd century BCE). Primary information related to Ithobaal comes from Josephus's citation of the Phoenician author Menander of
Ithobaal_I
Miles Menander Dawson (May 13, 1863 – 1942) was an American author of poetry and philosophy, and ethics. He wrote books about the teachings of Zoroaster
Miles_Menander_Dawson
R. Sharma in 1980, who proposed that it mentions the Indo-Greek king Menander I. This theory has been discredited by other scholars such as B.N. Mukherjee
Reh_Inscription
significant number still survive. These include the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the Roman adaptations
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
Species of butterfly
Cithaerias pireta (Stoll, [1780]) Synonyms Papilio pireta Stoll, [1780] Papilio menander Drury, 1782 Callitaera merolina Zikán, 1942 Cithaerias juruaensis d'Almeida
Cithaerias_pireta
Indo-Greek king from 125/120 to 110 BC
was a Yavana King (reigned 125/120-110 BC), the son and successor of Menander, Strato’s mother, Agathoclea ruled as Queen Mother and regnant for Strato
Strato_I
Ancient Indian city, identified with Sialkot in present-day Punjab, Pakistan
century BC, Sagala was made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I. Menander embraced Buddhism after extensive debating with a Buddhist monk,
Sagala
Indo-Greek king
previously held by Menander I. He may have belonged to the dynasty of Euthydemus I. Zoilus used to be dated after the death of Menander, c. 130–120 BC (Bopearachchi)
Zoilus_I
2nd century BCE wars in India
territories of India. Later conquests had been done by Menander. The Buddhist text Milinda Panha describes Menander as: King of the city of Euthymedia in India,
Shunga–Greek_War
King of Tyre
Tyre by his son Baal-Eser I. Hiram is also mentioned in the writings of Menander of Ephesus (early 2nd century BC), as preserved in Josephus's Against Apion
Hiram_I
Comic play by Menander
From Samos, or The Marriage Connection, is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, who lived from c. 341/2 - 290 BC. It is the dramatist's second most extant
Samia_(play)
King of Tyre
Josephus's Against Apion i.18, where Josephus quotes the Phoenician historian Menander as follows: Pygmalion . . . lived fifty-six years, and reigned forty-seven
Pygmalion_of_Tyre
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
School of Classical Studies at Athens. 1993. Internet Archive. Menander, Dyskolos, in Menander: Aspis. Georgos. Dis Exapaton. Dyskolos. Encheiridion. Epitrepontes
Nike_(mythology)
murdered by his son, thereafter Menander I seems to have regained all of the territory as far west as the Hindu-Kush Menander I (reigned c. 150–125 BC). Successor
Timeline of Indo-Greek kingdoms
Timeline_of_Indo-Greek_kingdoms
Uttar Pradesh in India, and published in 1980 in "Reh Inscription of Menander And The Indo-greek Invasion Of The Ganga Valley" by G. R. Sharma. The fragmentary
Manhai_pillar_capital
Indo-Greek Queen regent
epithet possibly means the Goddess-like) was an Indo-Greek queen married to Menander I, who ruled in parts of northern India in the 2nd-century BC as regent
Agathoclea
2nd-century BC Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king
Artemita says: and more tribes were subdued by them than by Alexander—by Menander in particular (at least if he actually crossed the Hypanis towards the
Demetrius_I_of_Bactria
King of Tyre
about Phelles comes from Josephus’s citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in Against Apion i.18. Here it is said that Phelles slew his
Phelles
Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
laborer and to have studied Greek drama—particularly the New Comedy of Menander—in his leisure. His studies allowed him to write his plays, which were
Plautus
Hellenistic dynasty
or Demetrius II Menander I (c. 165/155-130 BC) married Agathoclea, father of Strato I Agathoclea I (c. 130-125 BC) widow of Menander, ruled as regent
Euthydemid_dynasty
King of Tyre
the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in Against Apion i.18. In the text as it now stands for the passage in Josephus/Menander, Astartus is the name
Deleastartus
Ancient religious tendency
around 260 BCE and subsequently during the reign of the Indo-Greek king Menander (r. 165/155–130 BCE) is described in the Mahavamsa, an important non-canonical
Greco-Buddhist_monasticism
2nd/1st century BC Indo-Greek king
principate around the lower Kabul valley. He was possibly a relative of Menander I. Bopearachchi suggests that Nicias ruled c. 90–85 BC. This late date
Nicias_(Indo-Greek_king)
Indo-Greek king
man") was one of the Indo-Greek kings. He may have been a relative of Menander I, and the findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that he ruled in the
Epander
Topics referred to by the same term
Milinda Panha (lit. 'Menander's Question'), an early Indian Buddhist text in the form of a question and answer between king Menander I and monk Nagasena
Panha
Ancient Greek poet
new Attic comedy and a contemporary of Menander (342–291 BC). He is frequently listed together with Menander and Philemon, considered the three greatest
Diphilus
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
meaning Twice Deceiving or The Double Deceiver, by the Greek playwright Menander. The beginning of it is lost, but the outline of the missing scenes can
Bacchides_(play)
Comic play by Menander (c. 317–316 BCE)
The Bad-tempered Man or Old Cantankerous) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole New Comedy, that has survived
Dyskolos
believe them on this, but modern historians do; nor does he believe that Menander and Demetrius son of Euthydemus conquered more tribes than Alexander There
Sources_of_Indo-Greek_history
Indian religion and philosophy
between a Buddhist monk and the 2nd-century BCE Greek king Menander, after which Menander abdicates and himself goes into monastic life in the pursuit
Buddhism
Lucianists by Epiphanius The followers of Menander, who led a schism in Simonianism. See Against Menander by Epiphanius See Abelites - Jewish Encyclopedia
List_of_Gnostic_sects
Popular name often used for Hellenistic hetaerae
hetaerae, held by: The daughter of Thalassis and the mistress of Harpalus and Menander. (Athen. xiii. pp. 586, 595, 605, &c.) The mistress of Pausias, born in
Glycera_(courtesan)
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
Plutarch and Suetonius, is supposed to have quoted the Athenian playwright Menander, in Greek, "let the die be cast". Pompey and many senators fled south,
Julius_Caesar
King of Tyre
Baal-Eser I comes from the following citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in Josephus's Against Apion I.121: Upon the death of Hirom
Baal-Eser_I
Topics referred to by the same term
an American musician (Samia Najimy Finnerty) Samia (play), a play by Menander South Australian Music Industry Awards, now defunct music awards Samia
Samia
King of Tyre
the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in Against Apion i.18. In the text as it now stands for the passage in Josephus/Menander, Astartus is the name
Astartus
Comic play by Menander
written c. 300 BCE by Menander. Only fragments of the play have been found, primarily on papyrus, yet it is one of Menander's best-preserved plays. Fragments
Epitrepontes
Göktürk campaign in Crimea and the Caucasus
territory. Menander Protector, Continatio Historiae Agathiae, s. 244-245 M. Grignaschi, Sabirler, Hazarlar ve Göktürkler, ss. 241-244 Menander the Guardsman
Turkshad's campaign in Crimea (576–581)
Turkshad's_campaign_in_Crimea_(576–581)
Archaeological site near Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan
last until around 10 BC. Sirkap is also said to have been rebuilt by king Menander I. The excavation of the old city was carried out under the supervision
Sirkap
Term used to designate Greek-speakers in ancient India
[citation needed] The references to the Yonas in the early Buddhist texts, and Menander I (Pali: Milinda), may be related to the same. The earliest attested use
Yona
lives of ordinary citizens. The only extant playwright from the period is Menander. One of New Comedy's most important contributions was its influence on
Theatre_of_ancient_Greece
hero Heracles, with varying degrees of hybridization.[according to whom?] Menander I was one of the patrons of Buddhism. He was also the subject of the Milinda
Buddhism_in_Greece
Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage
given in Menander of Ephesus's list of the kings of Tyre, as preserved in Josephus's Against Apion, i.18. Josephus ends his quotation of Menander with the
Dido
Realistic, satirical genre of English literature
Greece (510–323 BC), and is known from fragments of works by the playwright Menander, whose style of writing, elaborate plots, and stock characters were imitated
Comedy_of_manners
Art of the Indo-Greeks (c. 200 BCE)
(Dharmachakras) appear in the coinage of Menander I and Menander II. Famous Indian-standard coinage of Menander I with wheel design. Coin of Antialcidas
Indo-Greek_art
Topics referred to by the same term
(fish), a genus of South American cichlids Heros, a 4th-century BC play by Menander Héros, 2013 album by French recording artist Eddy Mitchell H.E.R.O.S.,
Heros
Extinct Gnostic sect
Baptist. One offshoot was in turn headed by Dositheus, Simon Magus, and Menander. It was in this milieu that the idea emerged that the world was created
Simonians
Menander – playwright Menander I (Menander I Soter, known in Indian Pāḷi sources as Milinda) – Indo-Greek king Menander of Ephesus – writer Menander of
List_of_ancient_Greeks
British classical scholar
British classical scholar, noted for his work on the Greek new comic poet Menander. He was Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
Eric_Handley
2nd-century BCE Indo-Greek Buddhist master
lived during the 2nd century BCE during the reign of the Indo-Greek king Menander. In the Mahavamsa, a key Pali historical text, he is recorded as having
Mahadharmaraksita
4th-century BC Athenian poet of New Comedy
for he repeatedly won victories over his younger contemporary and rival Menander, whose delicate wit was apparently less to the taste of the Athenians of
Philemon_(poet)
to 6th cent. Ionic poet, c. 50 BCE–100 AD) The Sentences of the Syriac Menander (Jewish, c. 3rd cent. AD). More Psalms of David (Jewish psalms from c.
List of Old Testament pseudepigrapha
List_of_Old_Testament_pseudepigrapha
Buddhist monk who answered questions of King Menander I
lived around 150 BC. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (Pali: Milinda), the Greek king in northwestern India, are recorded in
Nagasena
Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous
order to entertain. Ancient Greek comedy, as practiced by Aristophanes and Menander Ancient Roman comedy, as practiced by Plautus and Terence Burlesque, from
Comedy
Stock character
comedy. The work of Menander is known for its treatment of the trope, as seen in Plutarch's Table Talks, where Plutarch commends Menander as suitable for
Hooker_with_a_heart_of_gold
Philosophical position opposed to mimesis
and Aristophanes' famous question about the comedies written by Menander: "O Menander and Life! Which of you took the other as your model?", noting, however
Life_imitating_art
Groups labeled "gnostic" that may not quite be gnostic
Kentaeans Mandaeism Samaritan Baptist Dositheos Simon Magus Simonians Menander Quqites Christian Gnosticism Apelles Bardaisan Basilides Basilidians Bogomil
Pseudo-Gnosticism
Prejudice against, or hatred of, women
of a play by Menander, which we know of from book seven (concerning Alexandria) of Strabo's 17 volume Geography, and quotations of Menander by Clement of
Misogyny
King of Tyre
to Baal-Eser II comes from Josephus's citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus in Against Apion i.18. Here it is said that "Ithobalus, the
Baal-Eser_II
Italian Theravāda Buddhist nun
Huichang persecution of Buddhism Greco-Buddhism Gandharan Buddhism Texts Menander I Buddhism and the Roman world Buddhism in the West Silk Road transmission
Gotami_Theri
City in Lebanon
in P.G., XCVII, 543, cited in Bothrys - Catholic Encyclopedia article (Menander, in Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, VIII, xiii, 2), cited in Bothrys
Batroun
One of the Sixteen Arhats or Rakan of Buddhism
Huichang persecution of Buddhism Greco-Buddhism Gandharan Buddhism Texts Menander I Buddhism and the Roman world Buddhism in the West Silk Road transmission
Aṅgaja
Ancient Indian art style
Huichang persecution of Buddhism Greco-Buddhism Gandharan Buddhism Texts Menander I Buddhism and the Roman world Buddhism in the West Silk Road transmission
Amaravati_art
1st/2nd century AD Greek physician
(which has two entries on him), he was a native of Ephesus, was the son of Menander and Phoebe, and practiced medicine at Alexandria and Rome in the reigns
Soranus_of_Ephesus
Topics referred to by the same term
Dyskolos, sometimes translated The Curmudgeon, an ancient Greek comic play by Menander Curmudgeons (film), a 2016 short film Curmudgeon, B-side of Nirvana's Lithium
Curmudgeon
King of Syria from 34 to 30 BC
Antimachus I Pantaleon Agathocles Apollodotus I Demetrius II Antimachus II Menander I Zoilos I Agathokleia Lysias Strato I Antialcidas Heliokles II Polyxenos
Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra)
Ptolemy_Philadelphus_(son_of_Cleopatra)
Biblical monarch of ancient Israel
Romano-Jewish scholar Josephus in Against Apion, citing Tyrian court records and Menander, gives a specific year during which King Hiram I of Tyre sent materials
Solomon
Huichang persecution of Buddhism Greco-Buddhism Gandharan Buddhism Texts Menander I Buddhism and the Roman world Buddhism in the West Silk Road transmission
Buddhism_in_Israel
Greek statesman and philosopher (c.350–c.280 BC)
anti-Macedonian orator Himeraeus. He was educated, together with the poet Menander, in the school of Theophrastus. He began his public career about 325 BC
Demetrius_of_Phalerum
Theatrical genre intended to make an audience laugh
dramatic consequences. Ancient Greek comedy, as practiced by Aristophanes and Menander Ancient Roman comedy, as practiced by Plautus and Terence Ancient Indian
Comedy_(drama)
Evil angel in Gnosticism
Kentaeans Mandaeism Samaritan Baptist Dositheos Simon Magus Simonians Menander Quqites Christian Gnosticism Apelles Bardaisan Basilides Basilidians Bogomil
Astanphaeus
Buddhist reliquary
of Menander, is a Buddhist reliquary from the Bajaur area in Gandhara, thought to mention the reign of the 2nd century BCE Indo-Greek king Menander I.
Shinkot_casket
Aristophanes wrote in the genre of Old Comedy, while the later playwright Menander was an early pioneer of New Comedy. The historians Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Ancient_Greek_literature
Period of eastern Mediterranean history from 323 to 30 BC
Bactrian king Antimachus I. In about 155 or 165 BC, a king named Menander rose to power. Menander was the most successful of the Indo-Greek kings and he seems
Hellenistic_period
Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
to a baby elephant (middle, coin of Antialcidas 115-95 BC), and then to the Wheel of the Law, symbol of Buddhism (right, coin of Menander II 90–85 BC).
Zeus
Roman emperor from 565 to 578
China by Nestorian Christian monks, the 6th-century Byzantine historian Menander Protector writes of how the Sogdians attempted to establish a direct trade
Justin_II
Collection of ancient manuscripts from 200 AD until the 6th century
from the Old and New Testaments, early Christian literature, Homer, and Menander. The oldest, P66, dates to c. 200 AD. Most of the papyri are kept at the
Dishna_Papers
Wars between Alexander the Great's successors
Antigonus received Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia; Asander received Caria; Menander received Lydia; Lysimachus received Thrace; Leonnatus received Hellespontine
Wars_of_the_Diadochi
Device to resolve the plot of a dramatic work
2021-04-23. One of the earliest occurrences of the phrase is in fragment 227 of Menander: ἀπὸ μηχανῆϛ θεὸς ἐπεφάνηϛ "You are by your epiphany a veritable god from
Deus_ex_machina
Indo-Greek king
coin is in a style similar to those of Menander I, has the same type of Athena, and shares one of Menander's mint marks. On the coin, the title of Thraso
Thraso
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Boy/Male
Celtic Welsh
Mythical son of Clustfeinad.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Eyes
Girl/Female
African, American, Australian, English, Hebrew, Irish
Peaceful; Seeker; Wild
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
Sweet; Form of Dulcie; Candy; Candy and Sweet
Girl/Female
British, English
Friend of the Sea
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Digges.
Boy/Male
Indian, Persian
To Restrain; The Conqueror; Exotic Name for Ankush
Boy/Male
Indian
Lights of Celebration
Boy/Male
French Norse
Strong and masculine.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Honeycomb, anything that distills or drops.
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