Menander was a Greek playwright and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His record at the City Dionysia is unknown. 342 BC – 291 BC; died at about 51. Alive at the same time as Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Euclid, Apelles, and Ashoka. Wiki link