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Menander
(2,737 words)
(Μένανδρος/
Ménandros; Latin
Menander)
A. Historical dimension The Greek playwright M. (342/41–291/90 BC), a pupil of Theophrastus and Epicurus and follower of the Peripatetic school of Aristotle, is regarded as the most important author of the so-called Greek New Comedy (
Néa), less satirical than the 'Old Comedy' created by Aristophanes and not directly political. Probably not least in reaction to the Aristotle's derogatory verdict on the comic genre [20.307 f.], it presented a small number of stereotypical characters with conflicting interests in a tightly c…
Date:
2016-02-22
Julian
(3,261 words)
(
Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus [
Apostata]; Greek Ἰουλιανός [ὁ Ἀποστάτης]/
Ioulianós [
ho Apostátēs])
A. Historical dimension The Roman emperor J. (AD 331/32–363, reigned 355–363), often called 'the Apostate' (Greek
Apostátēs), was also known as a philosopher and author in Greek. A grandson of Emperor Constantius and nephew of Constantine, he was at first an Arian Christian, but in the midst of the schism at the time between Arianism and Orthodox Christianity, which extended to the imperial family, he returned to Ro…
Date:
2016-02-22
