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Dyskolos (Greek: Δύσκολος, pronounced [dýskolos], translated as The Grouch, The Misanthrope, The Curmudgeon, The Bad-tempered Man or Old Cantankerous) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole New Comedy, that has survived in almost complete form. It was first presented at the Lenaian festival in 317–16 BC, where it won Menander the first-place prize.

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  • Dyskolos (Greek: Δύσκολος, pronounced [dýskolos], translated as The Grouch, The Misanthrope, The Curmudgeon, The Bad-tempered Man or Old Cantankerous) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole New Comedy, that has survived in almost complete form. It was first presented at the Lenaian festival in 317–16 BC, where it won Menander the first-place prize.
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  • Dyskolos
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  • * Daos, a slave
  • * Getas, a slave
  • * Girl, Knemon's daughter
  • * Gorgias, her brother
  • * Kallippides, Sostratos' father
  • * Khaireas, "the gofer"
  • * Knemon, "the grouch"
  • * Pyrrhias, a slave
  • * Sikon, a cook
  • * Simikhe, a slave
  • * Sostratos
  • * Sostratos' Mother
  • Pan
chorus character in play
  • Worshippers of Pan
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mute character in play
  • * Donax, a slave
  • * Myrrhine, Gorgias' mother
  • * Other slaves, female relatives, friends of Sostratos' mother
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  • A country road inPhyleoutside Athens near several farmsteads and a shrine of Pan.
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