Perikeiromene | |
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Original title | Περικειρομένη |
Written by | Menander |
Original language | Ancient Greek |
Genre | New Comedy |
Perikeiromene (Greek: [Περικειρομένη] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)), translated as The Girl with her Hair Cut Short, is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander (342/41 – 292/91 BC) that is only partially preserved on papyrus. Of an estimated total of between 1030 and 1091 lines, about 450 lines (between 40 and 45%) survive.[1] Most acts lack their beginning and end, except that the transition between act I and II is still extant. The play may have been first performed in 314/13 BC or not much later.[2]