Epitrepontes

Epitrepontes
Written by	Menander
Characters	Charisios, Pamphile

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Epitrepontes (translated as The Arbitration or The Litigants) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, of which only fragments of papyrus were preserved.

Plot[]

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Five months after his wedding, Charisios goes on a business trip. While he was out of town, his wife Pamphile gives birth to a child, whom she reluctantly abandons in order to preserve her reputation and her marriage.

References[]

• Damen, Mark. Reading 5: Greek New Comedy.

External links[]

• The Arbitration (The Epitrepontes of Menander) at Faded Page (Canada)
• From Mount Sinai to Michigan: the rediscovery of Menander’s Epitrepontes (part 1)
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