Menandros or (latinisert) Menands (Greek: Μένανδρος, Menandros), Greek dramatist, he was the most famous representative of the new comedy of Athens. He was the son of wealthy parents, his father Diopeithes have been identified by some researchers as a general from Athens and governor of Chersonesos (now Gallipoli), known from a speech by the statesman Demosthenes. Menandros possibly developed his taste for comic drama from his uncle Alexis who also wrote comedies. Menandros wrote his comedies after the Athenian culture has collapsed after Macedonia had conquered the city. The authors turned away from the daring political comedies and sought safer, more private topics in what is called the new comedy. Menandros' comedies go in the direction of the type of comedy, possible early an early forerunner of the Commedia dell'Arte, but most of his writing in the course of a career of 30 years, about one hundred comedies, has been lost, but in the 1900s it has been revealed several fragments of his plays. He seems to have helped influenced comedy to be a truer representation of human life. His characters are speaking dialects and were not previously interested in ancient myths, but the daily affairs of Athens.
Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Menander, under the main topics: Words of Wisdom - Men.
