missing. Now they help Knemon to his feet and call two more slaves to carry him into the temple. Getas asks the audience to applaud. Character descriptions Menander writes his slave characters as intelligent, independent individuals who act on their own wants and goals, as well as considering the fortunes of their masters. These characters impact the story lines of the other characters while not directly changing them. The play as a whole demonstrates and examines the social class system of the time and provides multiple perspectives through each character. Manuscripts Dyskolos is the only one of Menander's texts that has survived nearly completely intact—the papyrus being written in the 3rd century AD. Other plays, such as Samia, Aspis, Heros, Epitrepontes, Perikeiromene have survived in fragments. Fragments of the Dyskolos currently exist in the Vatican Library in Vatican City and the Bibliothèque Bodmer (Bodmer Library) in Cologny, Switzerland. Modern performance The first modern major performance of Dyskolos was in Sydney, Australia. On 4 July 1959, the University of Sydney Classical Society, at Wallace Theatre, Sydney University, performed Dyskolos. Translations George Theodoridis, 2013: full text Vincent J. Rosivach, 2014: full text References Citations External links Plays by Menander Pan (god) Hellenistic Athens Plays set in ancient Greece Plays based on classical mythology