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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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
venture forward. The Greek version is probably a quotation from a play by Menander; the historian Arrian states that it was already well known. The Latin
Alea_iacta_est
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
American Buddhist writer and academic (1941–2026)
Huichang persecution of Buddhism Greco-Buddhism Gandharan Buddhism Texts Menander I Buddhism and the Roman world Buddhism in the West Silk Road transmission
Robert_Thurman
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
the first significant fragments of plays by the ancient Greek playwright Menander. It included large parts of Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), Perikeiromene
Cairo_Codex
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Second-century Gnostic Christian
established was called Saturnians. He was supposed to be an apprentice of Menander, who had learned under Simon Magus and established a school in Antioch
Saturninus_of_Antioch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
practices were also observed amongst the native Indic culture. One Greek king, Menander I, probably became Buddhist, and was immortalized in Buddhist literature
Alexander_the_Great
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
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
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)
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
Evil angel in Gnosticism
Kentaeans Mandaeism Samaritan Baptist Dositheos Simon Magus Simonians Menander Quqites Christian Gnosticism Apelles Bardaisan Basilides Basilidians Bogomil
Astanphaeus
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
Missionary sent by Mauryan emperor Ashoka to proselytize Buddhism
that describes the religious dialogues between the famous Indo-Greek king Menander, whose kingdom was in Sagala in today's Punjab, and a Buddhist monk called
Dharmaraksita
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
King of Tyre
related to Mattan I comes from Josephus’s citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus in Against Apion i.18. Here it is said that "Badezorus was succeeded
Mattan_I
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Comic play by Menander
The Sicyonian(s) or The Man from Sicyon, is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander. About half of the play has survived in fragments of papyrus used to stuff
Sikyonioi
Ancient Semitic-speaking people
he mentions that "the Hebrews have a tomb, that of Helena." Similarly, Menander Rhetor, a rhetorician from Laodicea writing in the late 3rd century CE
Hebrews
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
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
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
323 BC conference dividing the territories of Alexander the Great
these satrapies to, respectively, Antigonus, Leonnatus, Eumenes of Cardia, Menander and Philotas. Caria Diodorus has Asander as satrap, but Arrian and Justin
Partition_of_Babylon
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly
Euripides
Belgian Consul General in Egypt
(French: Étienne Zizinia, Greek: Στέφανος Μενάνδρου Τσι(ν)τσίνια(ς), Stefanos Menander Tsintsinias or Tsitsinia) was a Greek merchant based in Alexandria, active
Stephan_Zizinia
Gnostic sect founded by Basilides in the 2nd century
disciple of St. Peter, though others stated he was a disciple of the Simonian Menander. Basilides enjoined on his followers, like Pythagoras, a silence of five
Basilidians
Class of being in Gnosticism
23) that the word Ennoea passed from the system of Simon into that of Menander. In the Barbeliot system which Irenaeus also counts as derived from that
Aeon_(Gnosticism)
Phoenician flute
the accounts of Xenophon, Democleides, Corinna, Bacchylides, Antiphanes, Menander, Amphis, and Axionicus about the instrument and its sound. Described by
Gingras_(instrument)
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
Early Christian and Jewish religious systems
Antoninus Pius, which criticised Simon Magus, Menander and Marcion. Since then, both Simon and Menander have been considered as 'proto-Gnostic'. Irenaeus
Gnosticism
Adherents 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
Buddhists
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
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)
Scottish Professor of Classics at what is now Cairo University
of ancient Greek and Latin into English. Menander, of Athens; W G Waddell (1927). Selections from Menander. Oxford, Clarendon Press. OCLC 5329253. W
William_Gillan_Waddell
Religious leader
Kentaeans Mandaeism Samaritan Baptist Dositheos Simon Magus Simonians Menander Quqites Christian Gnosticism Apelles Bardaisan Basilides Basilidians Bogomil
Elkasai
Conference for Buddhist monks
Huichang persecution of Buddhism Greco-Buddhism Gandharan Buddhism Texts Menander I Buddhism and the Roman world Buddhism in the West Silk Road transmission
Global_Buddhist_Summit
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Biblical
the porch; the court; their strength; their folly
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord of Virtue
Girl/Female
Muslim
Chaste, Pure, Pious, Clean
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend American Cornish English
Fair one. Guinevere was King Arthur's mythological queen.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
God is my brother.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Victorious in the End
Girl/Female
Indian
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Venkateshwara, Residence of Goddess of wealth, Abode of wealth
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Ready; prepared.
Boy/Male
Hindu
A kind of flower
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