Editing Menander (section)

==Famous quotations==
In his [[First Epistle to the Corinthians]], [[Paul the Apostle]] quotes Menander in the text "Bad company corrupts good character",<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Cor|15:33}}</ref> which probably comes from his play ''Thais''; according to 5th century Christian historian [[Socrates Scholasticus]], Menander derived this from [[Euripides]].<ref>Socrates Scholasticus, ''Ecclesiastical History'', Book 3, Chapter 16</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://intertextual.bible/text/menander-thais-218-1-corinthians-15.33 |title= intertextual.bible/text/menander-thais-218-1-corinthians-15.33}}</ref>

"He who labors diligently need never despair, for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor." — Menander

"Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος" (''anerriphtho kybos''), best known in English as "[[wikt:the die is cast|the die is cast]]" or "the die has been cast", from the mis-translated Latin "''iacta alea est''" (itself better-known in the order "''[[Alea iacta est]]''"); a correct translation is "let the die be cast" (meaning "let the game be ventured"). The Greek form was famously quoted by [[Julius Caesar]] upon committing his army to civil war by crossing the River [[Crossing the Rubicon|Rubicon]]. The popular form "the die is cast" is from the Latin {{lang|la|iacta alea est}}, a mistranslation by [[Suetonius]], 121 AD. According to [[Plutarch]], the actual phrase used by Julius Caesar at the crossing of the [[Crossing the Rubicon|Rubicon]] was a quote in Greek from Menander's play ''Arrhephoros'', with the different meaning "Let the die be cast!".<ref>Perseus Digital Library [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Pomp.+60.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0123 Plut. Pomp. 60.2]</ref> See discussion at "[[wikt:the die is cast|the die is cast]]" and "''[[Alea iacta est]]''".

{{blockquote|He [Caesar] declared in Greek with loud voice to those who were present 'Let the die be cast' and led the army across. ([[Plutarch]], ''Life of Pompey'', 60.2.9)<ref>See also Plutarch's ''Life of Caesar'' 32.8.4 and ''Sayings of Kings & Emperors'' 206c.</ref>}}

''[[Lewis and Short]]'',<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3D%231776 Online Dictionary: ''alea''], ''Lewis and Short'' at the Perseus Project. See bottom of section I.</ref> citing Casaubon and Ruhnk, suggest that the text of Suetonius should read {{lang|la|Jacta alea esto}}, which they translate as "Let the die be cast!", or "Let the game be ventured!". This matches Plutarch's third-person perfect passive imperative {{lang|grc|ἀνερρίφθω κύβος}} (''{{lang|grc-Latn|anerrhiphtho kybos}}'').

According to Gregory Hayes' Translation of ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius, Menander is also known for the quote/proverb: "a rich man owns so many goods he has no place to shit." (Meditations, V:12)<ref>http://seinfeld.co/library/meditations.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Another well known quote by Menander is "Whom the gods love dies young".<ref>Menander, Monosticha – Sententiae, 425</ref>