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Menaechmus
A synopsis of the play by Plautus.
http://www.educ.fc.ul.pt/icm/icm99/icm15/menaech.htm

Extractions: Menaechmus Nasceu cerca de 380a.C. em Alopeconnesus, Ásia Menor (agora Turquia) Morreu cerca de 320 a.C. Menaechmus era aluno de Eudoxus, estudou com Platão, e fez da Geometria como um todo ainda mais perfeito. Há quem pense que Menaechmus foi tutor de Alexandre "O Grande", e, realmente, não é de todo impossível, visto que Allman sugere que Aristóteles foi o elo de ligação entre eles. Menaechmus é conhecido pela sua descoberta das secções cónicas, foi o primeiro a mostrar que as elipses, as parábolas e as hipérboles são obtidas cortando um cone num plano não paralelo à base. Menaechmus fez as suas descobertas das secções cónicas enquanto tentava resolver o problema da duplicação do cubo. De facto, o problema específico que tentava resolver, era encontrar duas médias proporcionais entre duas linhas rectas. Ao fazer a descoberta das secções cónicas, conseguiu resolver o problema de duplicação do cubo. Outro tema relacionado com estruturas matemáticas que Menaechmus discutiu foi a distinção entre problemas e teoremas. Apesar de muitos terem alegado que eram diferentes, Menaechmus, por seu lado, alegou que não havia qualquer distinção fundamental. Ambos são problemas, mas o uso dos termos é direccionado a diferentes objectivos. Tradução sintetisada do site: http://www-groups.des.st-and.ac.uk/history/mathematicians/menaechmus.html
Menaechmus
menaechmus. menaechmus is mentioned by Proclus who tells us that he wasa pupil of Eudoxus in the following quote (see for example 3).
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Menaechmus.html

Extractions: Menaechmus is mentioned by Proclus who tells us that he was a pupil of Eudoxus in the following quote (see for example [3]):- Amyclas of Heraclea, one of the associates of Plato , and Menaechmus, a pupil of Eudoxus who had studied with Plato , and his brother Dinostratus made the whole of geometry still more perfect. There is another reference in the Suda Lexicon (a work of a 10th century Greek lexicographer) which states that Menaechmus was (see for example [1]):- ... a Platonic philosopher of Alopeconnesus, or according to some of Proconnesus, who wrote works of philosophy and three books on Plato 's Republic... Alopeconnesus and Proconnesus are quite close, the first in Thrace and the second in the sea of Marmara, and both are not far from Cyzicus where Menaechmus's teacher Eudoxus worked. The dates for Menaechmus are consistent with his being a pupil of Eudoxus but also they are consistent with an anecdote told by Stobaeus writing in the 5th century AD. Stobaeus tells the rather familiar story which has also been told of other mathematicians such as
Menaechmus
Biography of menaechmus (380BC320BC) menaechmus. Born about 380 BC in Alopeconnesus, Asia Minor (now Turkey)
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Menaechmus.html

Extractions: Menaechmus is mentioned by Proclus who tells us that he was a pupil of Eudoxus in the following quote (see for example [3]):- Amyclas of Heraclea, one of the associates of Plato , and Menaechmus, a pupil of Eudoxus who had studied with Plato , and his brother Dinostratus made the whole of geometry still more perfect. There is another reference in the Suda Lexicon (a work of a 10th century Greek lexicographer) which states that Menaechmus was (see for example [1]):- ... a Platonic philosopher of Alopeconnesus, or according to some of Proconnesus, who wrote works of philosophy and three books on Plato 's Republic... Alopeconnesus and Proconnesus are quite close, the first in Thrace and the second in the sea of Marmara, and both are not far from Cyzicus where Menaechmus's teacher Eudoxus worked. The dates for Menaechmus are consistent with his being a pupil of Eudoxus but also they are consistent with an anecdote told by Stobaeus writing in the 5th century AD. Stobaeus tells the rather familiar story which has also been told of other mathematicians such as
References For Menaechmus
References for menaechmus. Biography The URL of this page is http//wwwhistory.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/References/menaechmus.html.
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Menaechmus.html
The Brothers Menaechmus
THE BROTHERS menaechmus by Titus Maccius Plautus brought to the stage by the Furman University Theater and the Classics faculty and students of Furman University January 31February 3, 6-10, 1996 About the Translation
http://www.acs-classics.rhodes.edu/ACS/users/prior/MenaechmiFU.html

Extractions: About the Translation T he story of how the performance came to be. Director's Note: Stock Characters From the show's program Our Author: The Flatfoot Clown Also from the show's program. The Cast From the January 31-February 3, 6-10, 1996 production. Production Staff Also from the January 31-February 3, 6-10, 1996 production. The Script T he translation performed by the players, with images from the production. About the Translation In the Fall of 1995, Dr. Rich Prior of the Furman Classics faculty struck a deal with Dr. Court Gilmour of the Furman Theater a new translation of a Roman comedy for the Theater to perform in its regular season. The Menaechmi was chosen and Dr. Prior offered roles to a few of his students to translate (specific credits below). Once the translations were complete, they were edited by Dr. Prior and again by Mr. John Scott Gray. Auditions were held and rehearsals began. After one or two 'read throughs', Drs. Prior and Gilmour collaborated to iron out awkward lines and scenes and embellish Plautus's work here and there and make the play more accessible to a modern audience. Therefore, the script which follows should be seen more as a working script than as a word for word translation of the original. Nevertheless, apart from the wholesale reworking of the prologue, no great violence has been done.
The Brothers Menaechmus
THE BROTHERS menaechmus. by Titus Maccius Plautus. brought to thestage by the Furman University Theater and the Classics faculty
http://server.forlang.rhodes.edu/ACS/users/prior/MenaechmiFU.html

Extractions: About the Translation T he story of how the performance came to be. Director's Note: Stock Characters From the show's program Our Author: The Flatfoot Clown Also from the show's program. The Cast From the January 31-February 3, 6-10, 1996 production. Production Staff Also from the January 31-February 3, 6-10, 1996 production. The Script T he translation performed by the players, with images from the production. About the Translation In the Fall of 1995, Dr. Rich Prior of the Furman Classics faculty struck a deal with Dr. Court Gilmour of the Furman Theater a new translation of a Roman comedy for the Theater to perform in its regular season. The Menaechmi was chosen and Dr. Prior offered roles to a few of his students to translate (specific credits below). Once the translations were complete, they were edited by Dr. Prior and again by Mr. John Scott Gray. Auditions were held and rehearsals began. After one or two 'read throughs', Drs. Prior and Gilmour collaborated to iron out awkward lines and scenes and embellish Plautus's work here and there and make the play more accessible to a modern audience. Therefore, the script which follows should be seen more as a working script than as a word for word translation of the original. Nevertheless, apart from the wholesale reworking of the prologue, no great violence has been done.
Knorr And Menaechmus
THE BROTHERS menaechmus by Titus Maccius Plautus Here is the translation performed by the players, with images from the production (click the thumbnail for a larger version). The file has been divided by acts for quicker downloading. This kidnapped boy's name was menaechmus. menaechmus' father was depressed at his son's loss and died of grief a few
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THE BROTHERS MENAECHMUS
THE BROTHERS menaechmus. by Titus Maccius Plautus. The Script. Hereis This kidnapped boy's name was menaechmus. menaechmus' father
http://server.forlang.rhodes.edu/ACS/users/prior/Men.script.a0.html
Sumner Academy Main Page
Brothers menaechmus, The by Titus Maccius Plautus Cyllia, Amy Southerland (1984).menaechmus II, Gorman Stanley (1985). menaechmus I, Michael Trent (1983). Crew
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References For Menaechmus
References for the biography of menaechmus References for menaechmus. Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 19701990).
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/References/Menaechmus.html
Sumner Academy Main Page
Mari Meng (1984), Brothers menaechmus, The (1981). Debbie Phillips (1984), Brothersmenaechmus, The (1981). Gail Reedy (1985), Brothers menaechmus, The (1981).
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History Of Mathematics: Chronology Of Mathematicians
Bryson of Heraclea (c 350?). menaechmus (c. 350) *SB
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/chronology.html

Extractions: Note: there are also a chronological lists of mathematical works and mathematics for China , and chronological lists of mathematicians for the Arabic sphere Europe Greece India , and Japan 1700 B.C.E. 100 B.C.E. 1 C.E. To return to this table of contents from below, just click on the years that appear in the headers. Footnotes (*MT, *MT, *RB, *W, *SB) are explained below Ahmes (c. 1650 B.C.E.) *MT Baudhayana (c. 700) Thales of Miletus (c. 630-c 550) *MT Apastamba (c. 600) Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610-c. 547) *SB Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 490) *SB *MT Anaximenes of Miletus (fl. 546) *SB Cleostratus of Tenedos (c. 520) Katyayana (c. 500) Nabu-rimanni (c. 490) Kidinu (c. 480) Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500-c. 428) *SB *MT Zeno of Elea (c. 490-c. 430) *MT Antiphon of Rhamnos (the Sophist) (c. 480-411) *SB *MT Oenopides of Chios (c. 450?) *SB Leucippus (c. 450) *SB *MT Hippocrates of Chios (fl. c. 440) *SB Meton (c. 430) *SB
Menaechmus (ca. 380 BC-?) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography
menaechmus (ca. 380 BC?), Greek mathematician and geometer said tohave been the tutor of Alexander the Great. When his pupil asked
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Menaechmus.html

Extractions: Greek mathematician and geometer said to have been the tutor of Alexander the Great. When his pupil asked him for a shortcut to geometry, he replied "O King, for traveling over the country, there are royal road to geometry and roads for common citizens, but in geometry there is one road for all" (Beckmann 1989, p. 34). However, this quote has also been attributed to the tutor of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Menaechmus
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Picture Of Menaechmus
http://www.math.uvic.ca/courses/math415/Math415Web/greece/gmen/menaechpict.html
Ottawaplus.ca > Profile > The Brothers Menaechmus
The Brothers menaechmus Third Wall Theatre presents their final play of the season,about two twin brothers, separated at birth, who unknowingly cross paths
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Extractions: Filled with characters of loose morals and flim-flam artists, Brothers was actually a thinly veiled critique of Roman society, a society that immensely disliked being critcized. However, much like the fool was the only one who could tell the truth about the Emperor's new clothes, Plautus was able to get away with such criticism by couching it within the medium of theatre.
The Brothers Menaechmus
THE BROTHERS menaechmus. by Titus Maccius Plautus. Back to Index. THEBROTHERS menaechmus. by Titus Maccius Plautus. The Script. PROLOGUE.
http://r.faculty.umkc.edu/rydbergcoxj/ws2001/en213/Downloads/Menaechimi.html

Extractions: About the Translation In the Fall of 1995, Dr. Rich Prior of the Furman Classics faculty struck a deal with Dr. Court Gilmour of the Furman Theater a new translation of a Roman comedy for the Theater to perform in its regular season. The Menaechmi was chosen and Dr. Prior offered roles to a few of his students to translate (specific credits below). Once the translations were complete, they were edited by Dr. Prior and again by Mr. John Scott Gray. Auditions were held and rehearsals began. After one or two 'read throughs', Drs. Prior and Gilmour collaborated to iron out awkward lines and scenes and embellish Plautus's work here and there and make the play more accessible to a modern audience. Therefore, the script which follows should be seen more as a working script than as a word for word translation of the original. Nevertheless, apart from the wholesale reworking of the prologue, no great violence has been done.
T. Maccius Plautus: The Brothers Menaechmus
The Brothers menaechmus. T. Maccius Plautus. Translated by EF Watling.Review date 19/3/1999 Publisher Penguin Translation 1965.
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Extractions: Translation: 1965 Of all Plautus' plays, the plot of this one is the best known to English speaking readers, as it is the basis for Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors . The major changes Shakespeare made were to increase the length of the play and the number of characters, making the brothers' servants twins as well as their masters and introducing the idea of the execution of Aegeon. Plautus' play has no such serious side and is much more purely farcical, much play being made over the way one brother steals a dress of his wife's to give it to his mistress (he smuggles it out of the house by wearing it with his own clothes). That really says all there is to say about this play; it is entertaining and funny, but has nothing serious to say. Return to list of reviews by author by submission date
Riemann For Anti-Dummies Part 35
It lacks power. Go back to the investigations of the Pythagoreans, Archytas,menaechmus and Plato, on the matter of doubling the line, square and cube.
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Extractions: Riemann For Anti-Dummies Part 35 MIND AS POWER GENERATOR Rene Descartes (1596-1630) was, for all intents and purposes, a Bogomil. The geometry that bears his name, is brainwashing. Anyone exposed to it, unless cured, will suffer from cognitive deficiency. Symptoms include impotence and an inability to distinguish fantasy from reality. Gottfried Leibniz, writing to Molanus, circa 1679, recognized the deleterious effects of Cartesianism, "Cartesians are not capable of discovery; they merely undertake the job of interpreting or commenting upon their master, as the Scholastics did with Aristotle. There have been many beautiful discoveries since Descartes, but, as far as I know, not one of them has come from a true Cartesian.... Descartes himself had a rather limited mind." Descartes' method is impotent. It lacks power. Go back to the investigations of the Pythagoreans, Archytas, Menaechmus and Plato, on the matter of doubling the line, square and cube. These discoveries demonstrated, the relationship between objects and the principles from which they are generated. Each principle
Menaechmi: Menaechmus' Monologue
menaechmus If you weren't mean, if you weren't stupid, if you weren'ta violent virago,what you see displeases your husband would be displeasing to you, too.
http://www.monologuearchive.com/p/plautus_005.html

Extractions: MENAECHMI A monologue from the play by Titus Maccius Plautus NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Plautus, vol. II . Trans. Paul Nixon. London: William Heinemann, 1917. MENAECHMUS: [in a lower tone as his wife goes back inside] And furthermore, that you may not watch me for nothing, I'll reward your diligence by taking a wench to dinner and inviting myself out somewhere. Hurrah! By Jove, at last my lecture has driven her away! [looks around] Where are your married gallants? Why don't they all hurry up with gifts and congratulations for my valiant fight? [showing a woman's mantle worn underneath his cloak] This mantle I just now stole from my wife inside there, and [gleefully] it's going to a wench. This is the way to doto cheat a cunning jailer in such clever style! I have taken booty from the enemy without loss to my allies! Purchase this play!

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