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

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, whom she reluctantly abandons in order 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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