English: East of this monument the honorary base and statue of the most important representative of the Bew Comedy, Menander, was erected in 291-290 B.C. He wrote over 100 plays but won the contest only a few times. His innovative work focused on ordinary people and he is considered the father of psychological drama. At the age of only 51, he drowned while swimming off Piraeus. The monument in his honor was erected immediately after his death while Athens was under the rule of the Macedonian King, Demetrios Poliorketes. The poet is represented seated on an honorary throne, his beardless face mirroring the new fashion introduced by Alexander the Great. The ancient base of his statue, which was revealed in 1862, is inscribed with the name of the poet, as well as the signatures of the sculptors, sons of the famous sculptor Praxiteles. The inscription reads: ‘Kefisodotos and Timarchos made it’. The original statue was copied many times during the Roman era, because of the Romans’ particular admiration for the plays of Menander. The identification of the position and form of this monument permitted its restoration, with the reconstruction of the two lost steps of the pedestal, the repositioning of the ancient base, and the didactic use of a cast replica in place of the lost original." Textː Information board, next to the statue