Menander

[ muh-nan-der ]

noun

1. 342?–291 b.c., Greek writer of comedies.

Menander

/ məˈnændə /

noun

1. Menander?160 bc?120 bcMGreekPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?160 bc –?120 bc , Greek king of the Punjab. A Buddhist convert, he reigned over much of NW India
2. Menander?342 bc?292 bcMGreekTHEATRE: dramatist ?342–?292 bc , Greek comic dramatist. The Dyskolos is his only complete extant comedy but others survive in adaptations by Terence and Plautus

Example Sentences

His successors, such as Menander I, converted to Buddhism and extended their kingdom deep into the Gangetic plain.

From New York Times

The Romans copied the Greeks, and thank goodness they did; much of what happened in the age of Socrates, Plato and Menander is known to us only through Roman facsimiles.

From Washington Post

Cleopatra read Homer’s epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, poetry by Hesiod and Pindar; and plays by Euripides and Menander.

From Literature

Menander in the middle of the 2nd century B.C. extended his rule from the Hindu-Kush to the Ganges.

From Project Gutenberg

Menander justifies the gods for tormenting Prometheus, though his crime was only stealing a spark of fire.

From Project Gutenberg