---
name: Menander Protector
name_greek: Μένανδρος ὁ Προτέκτωρ
eul_aid: viq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/menander-protector-viq"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Menander Protector

*Μένανδρος ὁ Προτέκτωρ*

**eul_aid:** `viq` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/menander-protector-viq)

Menander Protector was a 6th century CE historian. His surviving works include historical fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on the True Cross](https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-protector-true-cross-viq-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Ἀληθινοῦ Σταυροῦ* · `viq-ad`
- [On Embassies of Nations to the Romans](https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-protector-embassies-romans-viq-ab) — *Περὶ Πρεσβειῶν Ἐθνῶν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους* · `viq-ab`
- [On Roman Embassies to Nations](https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-protector-roman-embassies-viq-ac) — *Περὶ Ῥωμαϊκῶν Πρεσβειῶν πρὸς Ἔθνη* · `viq-ac`
- [On Sentences, In Constantine Porphyrogenitus'-Sentences](https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-protector-constantine-sentences-viq-aa) — *Περὶ Γνωμῶν* · `viq-aa`

## License and provenance

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