WRITER

Menander

342 BC - 291 BC

Menander

Menander (; Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος, romanized: Ménandros; c. 342/341 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek scriptwriter and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menander is the 197th most popular writer (down from 163rd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 50th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Writer.

Menander is most famous for his plays, which were the first comedies written in Ancient Greece.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Menander ranks 197 out of 7,302. Before him are Halldór Laxness, Petronius, Georges Simenon, Tove Jansson, Fuzûlî, and Johannes V. Jensen. After him are François-René de Chateaubriand, Orhan Pamuk, Friedrich Hölderlin, Joseph Conrad, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Aldous Huxley.

Others Born in 342 BC

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Menander
WRITER
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 1

Others Deceased in 291 BC

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Menander
WRITER
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 1
Emperor Kōan
POLITICIAN
427 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 2
Dinarchus
POLITICIAN
361 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Menander ranks 52 out of 1,024. Before him are Pope Sixtus II (215), Alcibiades (-450), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Pindar (-517), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), and Apollodorus of Athens (-180). After him are Antisthenes (-445), Praxiteles (-395), Irene of Athens (752), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Vangelis (1943), and Polybius (-208).

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Pope Sixtus II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
215 - 258
HPI: 79.64
Rank: 46
Alcibiades
POLITICIAN
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 47
Pyrrhus of Epirus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 48
Pindar
WRITER
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 49
Queen Sofía of Spain
NOBLEMAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 50
Apollodorus of Athens
PHILOSOPHER
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 51
Menander
WRITER
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 52
Antisthenes
PHILOSOPHER
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 53
Praxiteles
SCULPTOR
395 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 54
Irene of Athens
POLITICIAN
752 - 803
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 55
Seleucus I Nicator
MILITARY PERSONNEL
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 56
Vangelis
COMPOSER
1943 - 2022
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 57
Polybius
HISTORIAN
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 58