Avl.  Gelt.,  17. 4),  and  according  to  othera  lOS.  (Stii-
dax. — ytypa^  kuu^oc  pff.)  He  gained  the  prixe,
Iwwever,  on\y  eight  timea,  notwith!>tanding  tbe  num-
ber of  his  productiona,  and  allheugh  he  was  tbe  moat
admired  writer  of  his  time.  One  hundred  and  fifteen
titles  ofcomedies  ascribed  to  him  have  come  down  to
us;  but  it  ta  clear,  of  courae,  that  all  these  are  not
coirefiily  ariributed  to  him,  (Fabric.,  Biiliolk.  Or.,
Tol.  S,  p.  4M),  468,  ed.  Harlet.)  Menander  ia  aaid
to  have  been  diowoed  while  bathing  in  ibe  harbour  of
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Pimw,  ud  1  liM  in  tbe  Ibis  of  Ovid  is  ai^paeri  by
s6nM  loallode  toUiia:  "  Cvmieu*  lU  i^eiut  penu  d»um
nabaL  in  uniii."  {lb.,  691.)  According  to  anotbr]
account,  he  drowned  bimaelf  because  his  rival  Pbilc-
roon  obtained  the  prixe  in  a  drajnatic  cuiteat.  —  All
antiquity  agreea  in  praiae  of  Menander.  ,  AV'e  lean
from  Ovid  that  all  ma  plou  tamed  on  love,  and  ibal
in  bis  time  tbe  playa  of  Menander  were  coamoB  chil-
drra's  books.  {Qnd,  Tn*t.,  S.  370.)  iulips  Cmt
called  ToKDce  •  **  AWdiilM  Meimitr"  or  "  balvcd
Menander,"  having  nfemwo  to  bii  professed  tmiia-
tion  of  tbe  Athenian  dramatist.  Toreocs,  indeeJ.  was
but  a  tranalalor  of  his  dramas.  Plutarch  prefened
Menander  to  Arislophanea,  and  Vn  Chrysoaton  ruk-
ed  him  abore  all  tbe  writora  of  the  Old  Comedy.
Quihtilian  (10,  1,  69)  givea  hin  uoqualified  pisia*  aa
a  delineator  of  mwnara.  Fran  tbaas  noticM,  fm
the  plays  of  Terence,  and  bom  ta  awkward  coa^li-
ment  passed  upon  him  by  AiistOfdiaDea  tha  nawta-
.risn.  we  may  infer  that  Menander  waa  m  MnBaUe
paialerofreallifo. .  He  was  a  qun,  bowever.  of  lice*.
