The Arbitration
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The Arbitration is the conventional English title of Menander’s ancient Greek comedy "Epitrepontes," a play centered on family conflict and legal dispute.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| associatedWith | papyrological discoveries in Egypt ⓘ |
| author | Menander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition |
3rd century BC
ⓘ
4th century BC ⓘ |
| conventionalEnglishTitleOf | Epitrepontes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| discoveredIn | Oxyrhynchus papyri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Charisios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Habrotonon NERFINISHED ⓘ Onesimos NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamphile NERFINISHED ⓘ Smikrines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | five-act structure ⓘ |
| hasModernTitleVariant | The Arbitration (Epitrepontes) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus |
reconciliation within marriage
ⓘ
social legitimacy of children ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
marriage law in classical Athens
ⓘ
slavery and social mobility ⓘ status of women in ancient Greece ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman comedy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Greek New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Athenian New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family conflict
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identity recognition ⓘ legal dispute ⓘ marital reconciliation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Epitrepontes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playwright | Menander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
disputed parentage of a child
ⓘ
recognition through tokens of identity ⓘ use of an arbitration panel to resolve a dispute ⓘ |
| setting | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingStatus |
partially fragmentary
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substantially extant ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Hellenistic era ⓘ |
| usesDramaticDevice |
eavesdropping
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misunderstanding ⓘ recognition scene ⓘ |
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