Menander, Thais in the early church

Texts outside the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. A bracket shows which other churches include a book in their Old Testament canon: RC = Roman Catholic, EO = Eastern Orthodox, ETH = Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo.

11 passages cite it, in date order.

PassageCitesKindDate
The Instructor 2.6.50 · Clement of Alexandria—quotation, high confidenceca. 190–200
Miscellanies 1.14.59 · Clement of Alexandria—quotation, high confidenceca. 198–203
To His Wife 1.8 · Tertullian—quotation, high confidenceca. 200–206
Homily on Luke 31 · Origen—quotation, high confidenceca. 233–250
Homilies on Leviticus 5.7 · Origen—quotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Homilies 4.24 · Anonymous—quotation, high confidence4th century (reworking earlier material)
Preparation for the Gospel 6.6.42 · Eusebius of Caesarea—quotation, medium confidenceca. 313–324
Tractates on the Psalms 119.9 · Hilary of Poitiers—echo, low confidenceca. 360–367
Letter 70.2 · Jerome—quotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Letter 130.18 · Jerome—quotation, high confidenceca. 370–419
Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 28.6.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis—echo, high confidence374-377