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Menander (342 B.C. - 291 B.C.)

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Description: Biography of Greek playwright Menander, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print.
After the Macedonian conquest, Greek comedy moved away from the daring personal and political satire of . Lacking complete political independance, writers of this New Comedy found themselves moving towards safer more mundane subject matter. They found their inspiration in the daily life of Athens. Their characters were drawn from the cooks, merchants, farmers and slaves of the city. According to ancient report, the most gifted of these new writers was Menander.
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