Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Nov 2010)

The Late Antique Image of Menander

  • Sarah E. Bassett

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 2
pp. 201 – 225

Abstract

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Late portraits of Menander, though derived from the Hellenistic original, transform the poet's image, by means of stylistic and technical manipulation, from one of civic commemoration to a representation of the intensity and intellectualism of canonized wisdom.