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Ancient Manuscript Discovered at Vatican Library
VOA News
05 Dec 2003, 20:35 UTC


A scholar in the Vatican library has discovered what appear to be previously unknown verses by the ancient Greek playwright Menander.
The Vatican newspaper,L' Osservatore Romano, reported Friday the scholar, Franccesco D'Aiuto, this week discovered a ninth-century copy of 400 verses by the Greek writer. It says 200 of them are part of Menander's play Dyskolos or "The Grouch." But in what the paper calls a 'sensational' find, 200 others appear to be part of a previously unknown work.

Menander was born in the 342 B.C. and is considered one of the most prolific writers of Greek comedies. Most of his works have been lost, but enough remain to have earned him the nickname "the father of the modern sitcom."

[Mo1]

Menander was born in the 342 B.C. and is considered one of the most prolific writers of Greek comedies

LOL .. for some reason that just sounds weird to me

I guess I never thought of the Greeks as a bunch of jokers