[5] In 1780 Meen completed and saw through the press the unfinished translation of Apollonius Rhodius, by Francis Fawkes, and superintended its publication for the widow's benefit.
To it he annexed his own independent version of the Rape of Helen, or the Origin of the Trojan War, by Coluthus, which was afterwards included in the Works of the Greek and Roman Poets (vol.
His other works were:[3] His criticisms on Lycophron appeared in the European Magazine from 1796 to 1813, but his complete translation was never published, and was sold with his books and manuscripts by Sotheby on 17 March 1817 and four following days.
[3] Gilbert Wakefield described Meen as "pacific, gentle, unassuming," and speaks of him[8] as having studied the writings of Lycophron more than any man living.
"[3] Meen corrected the proofs of Thomas Percy's lost work Blank Verse before Milton, which was destroyed in the fire at the printing-office of Messrs. Nichols.
James Peller Malcolm when engaged in compiling his Londinium Redivivum, obtained through Meen permission to consult the archives of St Paul's Cathedral.