Character Summeries in Ancient Comedy
Comedies of Ancient Greece and Rome character summeries and connections.
Comedies:
Aristophanes: Clouds and Lysistrata.
Plautus: The Brother's Menaechmus and Swaggering Soldier.
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- COMEDY.
- Plautus
- The Brother's Menaechmus
- Characters
- Erotium = A prostitute who is manipulating her client Menaechmus.
- Sosicles = the long lost brother of Menaechmus who has been searching for him. Also goes by the name Menaechmus.
- Messenio = the devoted slave of Sosicles.
- Menaechmus = the main character, a married man from Epidamnus.
- Peniculus = Menaechmus' freed slave who stays to 'sponge' off of his ex-master.
- The Wife = Menaechmus' wife who has money.
- Characters
- The Swaggering Soldier.
- Characters
- Pyrgopolynices = a handsome and conceited soldier.
- Sceledrus = a loyal slave of the soldier, not very bright.
- Periplectomenus = an elderly neighbour of the soldier.
- Palaestrio = a slave of the soldier's, not loyal to him, ex-slave of Pleusicles.
- Acroteleutium = a prostitute in league with Palaestrio.
- Milphidippa = the maid of Acroteleutium.
- Acroteleutium = a prostitute in league with Palaestrio.
- Palaestrio = a slave of the soldier's, not loyal to him, ex-slave of Pleusicles.
- Philocomasium = the soldier's forced concubine.
- Pleusicles = a young man in love with Philocomasium
- Pyrgopolynices = a handsome and conceited soldier.
- Characters
- The Brother's Menaechmus
- Aristophanes
- Clouds.
- Characters
- Strepsiades = the main character, an elderly, corrupt farmer in debt.
- Pheidippides = the son of Strepsiades, gotten his father into debt with his racing habits.
- Socrates = a philosopher, not respected in ancient Athens.
- Chaerephon = a friend of Socrates.
- Chorus of Cloud Goddesses.
- Strepsiades = the main character, an elderly, corrupt farmer in debt.
- Characters
- Lysistrata
- Characters
- Lysistrata = the main character, an Athenian woman wanting peace instead of war.
- Colonice = Lysistrata's neighbour.
- Lampito = Spartan woman.
- Myrrhine = Athenian woman married with a child.
- Cinesias = Myrrhine's husband.
- Split Chorus of elderly Athenian men and women.
- Stratyllis = the female chorus leader.
- Magistrate = male opposition to Lysistrata's plan.
- Lysistrata = the main character, an Athenian woman wanting peace instead of war.
- Characters
- Clouds.
- Plautus
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