Smikrines

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Smikrines is a central character in Menander’s ancient Greek comedy "Epitrepontes," typically portrayed as a curmudgeonly, miserly old man whose attitudes drive much of the play’s conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic character
dramatic character
fictional character
stage character
appearsIn Epitrepontes NERFINISHED
appearsInForm surviving papyrus fragments of Epitrepontes
associatedWithAuthor Menander of Athens NERFINISHED
belongsToWorkType Athenian domestic comedy
characterInGenre New Comedy NERFINISHED
characterInTradition Ancient Greek comedy
createdBy Menander NERFINISHED
drives much of the conflict in Epitrepontes
hasCharacterArchetype miser
hasCharacterType senex
hasFamilyRole father-in-law in the play’s family network
hasNameForm Σμικρίνης
hasRoleInWork central character in Menander’s Epitrepontes
hasTrait authoritarian
distrustful
greedy
socially conservative
stingy
influences development of the plot in Epitrepontes
isSubjectOf classical philological studies
scholarly commentary on Menander
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
originalWorkTitle Ἐπιτρέποντες
portrayedAs curmudgeonly old man
ill-tempered
miserly
suspicious
timeOfCreation late 4th century BCE
workTitleLatinized Epitrepontes NERFINISHED

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Epitrepontes mainCharacter Smikrines