Μένανδρος

Menander, Menandros

Translated by Malcolm Heath4 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 18 words
of Laodicea on the river Lycus.1 Sophist. He wrote a commentary on Hermogenes' Art and Minucianus' Progymnasmata; etc.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μένανδρος, Λαοδικεὺς τῆς παρὰ τῷ Λύκῳ τῷ ποταμῷ, σοφιστής. ἔγραψεν ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὴν Ἑρμογένους τέχνην καὶ Μινουκιανοῦ Προγυμνάσματα· καὶ ἄλλα.

Betacode
*me/nandros, *laodikeu\s th=s para\ tw=| *lu/kw| tw=| potamw=|, sofisth/s. e)/grayen u(po/mnhma ei)s th\n *(ermoge/nous te/xnhn kai\ *minoukianou= *progumna/smata: kai\ a)/lla.

Notes (1)

  1. Late C3 AD; generally known as Menander Rhetor, to distinguish him from homonyms (e.g. mu 589, mu 591). See RE Menandros(16); OCD4 Menander(4); PLRE I Menander.
  2. 1Barrington Atlas map 65 grid B2. (The qualifier differentiates it from several other cities of the same name.) ↩

References


L. Pernot, 'Les topoi de l'éloge chez Ménandros le rhéteur.' REG 99 (1986) 33-53.
D.A. Russell and N.G. Wilson, Menander Rhetor (Oxford 1981).

Neighbouring entries

μ588Μεμψίμοιροςreproachfulμ589ΜένανδροςMenander, Menandrosμ590ΜένανδροςMenander, Menandrosμ591ΜένανδροςMenanderμ592ΜενδαῖοςMendaian, Mendaean
Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Aug 2014
  1. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Malcolm Heath
  5. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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