Manaechmus

or Menaechmus (Μάναιχμος or Μέναιχμος). 1. A native of Sicyon, who lived in the time of the first Ptolemy. He was the son of a man named Alcibius or Alcibiades. He wrote an account of Alexander the Great; a treatise περὶ τεχνιτῶν, quoted by Athenaeus, ii. p. 65a., and elsewhere; and a treatise entitled Σικυωνιακά, quoted by Athenaeus, vi. p. 271d. Menaechmus is also quoted by the scholiast on Pindar (Pind. N. 2.1, 9.30), and by Pliny, Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 21. (Suid. s. v. Μάναιχμος Vossius, de Hist. Gr. p. 102, ed. Westermann.) [Menaechmus.]

2. A native of Alopeconnesus, who wrote a commentary on Plato's Republic, which is no longer extant, and some other philosophical works. (Suidas, s. v.) [C.P.M]