Dyskolos

Menander (at about the age of 25) produced this play in Athens in the year 317/316 B.C. (about six years after the death of Alexander the Great and of Aristotle). CHARACTER Description PAN god of rustic countryside, and garden fertility; genial happy; sometimes the Greek equivalent of a scarecrow. KNAIMON the Misanthrope, divorced, step-father of Gorgias, and of a daughter GORGIAS ex-step-son of KNAIMON, now his next door neighbor. SOSTRATOS a wealthy young man, on a hunting trip. KALLIPIDES the father of Sostratos CHAEREAS a Parasite SIKON a cook SLAVES Pyrrhias, Daos, Getas SIMIKE an old female servant CHOROS revellers, worshippers of the god Pan SCENE: the Athenian countryside, at the foot of Mt. Parnes in eastern Attica. There is a cave of Pan nearby. The doors of the skene represent the two houses of Cnaemon and Gorgias. Act Description of Structure of the Act PROLOGOS PAN is annoyed at Cnaemon because of Pages p. 59-60 Penguin his nasty anti-social character and behavior. His daughter, however, is a saint, and Pan has made the rich Cnaemon fall in love with her. ACT I p. 60-64 • • (A) Sostratos, Chaereas, Pyrrhias S is in `love' with an anonymous girl. C gives advice on what to do when a friend's in love. P tells of trouble with old man when he tries to interview him about the girl p. 64-68 (B) Cnaemon, Sostratos, Myrrhine, Daos (Gorgias' slave) CHORAL INTERLUDE I [No text for any of the choral interludes] ACT II • • CHORAL INTERLUDE (A) Gorgias and Daos, Sostratos & Pyrrhias (B) Sicon, Getas p. 69-74 p. 75-76 [No text] ACT III • (A) Cnaemon, Sostratos' mother & Sister, Getas • (B) Sicon and Getas, Cnaemon, Sostratos • (C) Simice, Cnaemon, Getas pp.7786 CHORAL INTERLUDE [No text] ACT IV • (A) Sicon, Simice, Gorgias • (B) Sostratos, Gorgias, Cnaemon; Myrrhina, Wife, Callipides pp.8795 CHORAL INTERLUDE [No text] ACT V 96-104 • (A) Callipides, Sostratos, Gorgias (Mother and Myrrhine) • (B) Simice, Getas, Sicon, Cnaemon