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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Charisios canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in ancient Greek comedy ⓘ
dramatic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn Epitrepontes ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Daos ⓘ
Onesimos ⓘ
Pamphile ⓘ
Smikrines ⓘ
Syrus ⓘ
centralThemeRelation domestic conflict ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
characterType young husband in distress ⓘ
createdBy Menander ⓘ
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 ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryTradition Attic New Comedy ⓘ
moralArc moves from suspicion and irresponsibility to repentance ⓘ
narrativeFunction protagonist ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Athenian ⓘ
partOf corpus of Menander’s plays ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Samia ⓘ
settingOfActivity Athens ⓘ
themeEmbodiment conflict between desire and social norms ⓘ
reconciliation within the oikos (household) ⓘ
timeOfWork late 4th century BCE ⓘ
workAuthorPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
workGenre New Comedy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epitrepontes → mainCharacter → Charisios ⓘ