MENANDER

Meaning of MENANDER in English

/meuh nan"deuhr/ , n.

342?-291 B.C., Greek writer of comedies.

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MENANDER — biographical name 342-292 B.C. Greek dramatist
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MENANDER — born с 342 died с 292 BC Athenian dramatist. He produced his first play in 321 BC, and in 316 …
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MENANDER — n. (342-292 B.C.) Greek writer of comedies
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MENANDER — biographical name 342-292 B.C. Greek dramatist
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MENANDER — flourished 160 BC?, 135 BC? also spelled Minedra, or Menadra, Pali Milinda the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings and the …
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MENANDER — Menander BrE AmE mə ˈnænd ə mɪ-, me- AmE \ - ə r
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MENANDER — n. born 0441; 342 died 0441; 292 BC Athenian dramatist. He produced his first play in 321 BC, and in …
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MENANDER — Менандр
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MENANDER — n. Pronunciation: m ə - ' nan-d ə r Function: biographical name 342-292 B.C. Greek dram.
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MENANDER PROTECTOR — flourished 6th century AD Byzantine historian whose surviving works are a valuable authority for the 6th century, especially on geography …
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TERENCE — I orig. Publius Terentius Afer born с 195, Carthage, North Africa died 159? BC, in Greece or at sea Roman …
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PLAUTUS — born с 254, Sarsina, Umbria? died 184 BC Roman comic playwright. Little is known for certain about his life, but …
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NEW COMEDY — Greek drama from с 320 BC to the mid-3rd century BC that offers a mildly satiric view of contemporary Athenian …
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COMEDY — I Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
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DEUS EX MACHINA — /day"euhs eks mah"keuh neuh, dee"euhs eks mak"euh neuh/ 1. (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a …
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ARBITRATION, THE — a comedy (c300 B.C.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
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MANNERS, COMEDY OF — witty, cerebral form of dramatic comedy that depicts and often satirizes the manners and affectations of a contemporary society. A …
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CLAQUE — (French claquer: to clap), organized body of persons who, either for hire or from other motives, band together to applaud …
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TERENCE — born c. 195 BC, , Carthage, North Africa [now in Tunisia] died 159?, BC, in Greece or at sea Latin …
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SIALKOT — city and district, Lahore division, Punjab Province, Pakistan. The city, the district headquarters, lies just north of the Aik Nala …
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PHILEMON — born c. 368 BC, , Syracuse, Sicily [now in Italy] died c. 264 BC poet of the Athenian New Comedy, …
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OXYRHYNCHUS — also spelled Oxyrynkhos, ancient capital of the 19th Upper Egyptian nome (province), on the western edge of the Nile Valley, …
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NEW COMEDY — Greek drama from about 320 Bc to the mid-3rd century BC that offers a mildly satiric view of contemporary Athenian …
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MILINDA-PAHA — (Pali: Questions of Milinda), lively dialogue on Buddhist doctrine with questions and dilemmas posed by King Milindai.e., Menander, Greek ruler …
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DIPHILUS — born 4th century BC, , Athens died , Smyrna? [now Izmir, Turkey] Greek poet of the nonpolitical and realistic Athenian …
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CAECILIUS, STATIUS — born c. 219 BC died 168 BC, Rome Roman comic poet ranked by the literary critic Volcatius Sedigitus at the …
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BASILIDES — flourished 2nd century AD, , Alexandria scholar and teacher, who founded a school of Gnosticism known as the Basilidians. He …
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ALEXIS — born March 9 [March 19, New Style], 1629, Moscow, Russia died Jan. 29 , 1676, Moscow Russian in full Aleksey …
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COMEDY — n. Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
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TERENCE — n. orig. Publius Terentius Afer born 0441; 195, Carthage, North Africa died 159? BC, in Greece or at sea Roman …
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PLAUTUS — n. born 0441; 254, Sarsina, Umbria? died 184 BC Roman comic playwright. Little is known for certain about his life, …
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