Epitrepontes

Epitrepontes
Written by	Menander
Characters	Charisios, 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

//I don't know how to put this as a warning, but the plot is at best deeply incomplete. English is not my native language, therefore I'm unable to translate it myself (maybe from Italian where the plot is surely right), but it should be done as soon as possible.

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)

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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