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.

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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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Epitrepontes mainCharacter Charisios