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MENANDER, Dyskolos
Menander (at about the age of 25) produced this play in Athens in the year 317/316 B.C. (about six years after the death of Alexander the Great and of Aristotle).
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CHARACTERS: |
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PAN
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god of rustic countryside, and garden fertility; genial happy; sometimes the Greek equivalent of a scarecrow.
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KNAIMON
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the Misanthrope, divorced, step-father of Gorgias, and of a daughter
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GORGIAS
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ex-step-son of KNAIMON, now his next door neighbor.
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SOSTRATOS
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a wealthy young man, on a hunting trip.
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KALLIPIDES
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the father of Sostratos
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CHAEREAS
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a Parasite
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SIKON
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a cook
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SLAVES
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Pyrrhias, Daos, Getas
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SIMIKE
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an old female servant
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CHOROS
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revellers, worshippers of the god Pan
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SCENE: the Athenian countryside, at the foot of Mt. Parnes in eastern Attica. There is a cave of Pan nearby. The doors of the skene represent the two houses of Cnaemon and Gorgias.
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PROLOGOS
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PAN is annoyed at Cnaemon because of his nasty anti-social character and behavior. His daughter, however, is a saint, and Pan has made the rich Cnaemon fall in love with her. |
p. 59-60
Penguin
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ACT I
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- (A) Sostratos, Chaereas, Pyrrhias
S is in `love' with an anonymous girl. C gives advice on what to do
when a friend's in love. P tells of trouble with old man when he tries
to interview him about the girl
- (B) Cnaemon, Sostratos, Myrrhine, Daos (Gorgias' slave)
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p. 60-64
p. 64-68
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CHORAL INTERLUDE I
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[No text for any of the choral interludes]
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ACT II
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- (A) Gorgias and Daos, Sostratos & Pyrrhias
- (B) Sicon, Getas
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p. 69-74
p. 75-76
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CHORAL
INTERLUDE |
[No text] |
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ACT III
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- (A) Cnaemon, Sostratos' mother & Sister, Getas
- (B) Sicon and Getas, Cnaemon, Sostratos
- (C) Simice, Cnaemon, Getas
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pp.77-86
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CHORAL INTERLUDE
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[No text]
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ACT IV
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- (A) Sicon, Simice, Gorgias
- (B) Sostratos, Gorgias, Cnaemon; Myrrhina, Wife, Callipides
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pp.87-95
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CHORAL INTERLUDE
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[No text]
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ACT V
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- (A) Callipides, Sostratos, Gorgias (Mother and Myrrhine)
- (B) Simice, Getas, Sicon, Cnaemon
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96-104
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