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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sonnysehra on 2025-11-02 23:20:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscovered in Egypt intact enough to be performed