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==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, who she reluctantly abandons to preserve her reputation and her marriage.
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, who she reluctantly abandons to preserve her reputation and her marriage.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:29, 28 January 2019

Epitrepontes
Written byMenander
CharactersCharisios, Pamphile

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

Plot

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, who she reluctantly abandons to preserve her reputation and her marriage.

References

  • Damen, Mark. Reading 5: Greek New Comedy. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)