Charisios
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Charisios is a central figure in Menander’s ancient Greek comedy "Epitrepontes," around whom the play’s domestic and moral conflicts revolve.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
dramatic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Epitrepontes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Daos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Onesimos NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamphile NERFINISHED ⓘ Smikrines NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
domestic conflict
ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| characterType | young husband in distress ⓘ |
| createdBy | Menander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | focus of the play’s recognition and reconciliation plot ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Χαρίσιος ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | young Athenian citizen ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPerformanceLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasRole | central figure in the play Epitrepontes ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Pamphile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Attic New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralArc | moves from suspicion and irresponsibility to repentance ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Athenian ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Menander’s plays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotInvolvement |
abandons the marital home
ⓘ
keeps a mistress while estranged from his wife ⓘ separated from his wife Pamphile at the beginning of the play ⓘ suspects his wife of infidelity ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Dyskolos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeEmbodiment |
conflict between desire and social norms
ⓘ
reconciliation within the oikos (household) ⓘ |
| timeOfWork | late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| workAuthorPeriod | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workGenre | New Comedy ⓘ |
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