1. "Knocking on Knemon's Door: Stagecraft and Symbolism in the Dyskolos"

Ariana Traill in TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 131 (2001) 87-108.

Most of the play's physical humor involves characters busily coming and going at the shrine of Pan, with man of them knocking -- at their peril -- on Knemon's door.... It is actually the door, not the house, that stands for Knemon when he is off-stage, fiightening and provoking other characters, keeping the 'Girl in and her suitor out, and marking the boundary he so obsessively defends against the outside world..... This study will conclude by attempting to situate these scenes within New Comic stagecraft conventions, arguing that they are unusual but not uncharaceristic of Menander and may have a precedent in Euripides.

2. "Crossing boundaries through marriage in Menander's Dyskolos" Andy Tomasello., reporter

Cheryl Anne Cox. Classical Quarterly. Oxford:  2002. Vol. 52, Iss. 1;  pg. 391

Cox discusses examples of marriage in ancient Athens, focusing on Menander's "Dyskolos." The "Dyskolos" is not unique in depicting rural marriages among neighbors.

3. "Character drawing in Menander's Dyskolos: Misanthropy and philanthropy"

K Haegemans. Mnemosyne. Leiden:  Dec 2001. Vol. 54, Iss. 6;  pg. 675

Haegemans demonstrates that Menander's "Dyskolos" contains a parallel idea: in the play the poet represents successive stages of one evolution simultaneously as well. Only, this time the suggested evolution is not life on the whole, but one facet of it: the subtle balance between philanthropy and misanthropy in a man's character.

4. "Class matters in the Dyskolos of Menander"

Vincent J Rosivach. Classical Quarterly. Oxford:  2001. Vol. 51, Iss. 1;  pg. 127

 Rosivach shows that matters of class are an important part of Menander's "Dyskolos," in terms both of characterization and of the evolution of the plot. The message of the play is that the working poor are to be respected, but also that the leisured rich are entitled to their privileged position as long as they also respect the poor.

5. 'Proverbs in Menander's Dyskolos: The rhetoric of popular wisdom"

Tzifopoulos, Yannis Z. Mnemosyne. Leiden:  Apr 1995. Vol. 48, Iss. 2;  pg. 169

 In ancient Greek literature, proverbs uniquely combined everyday language with literary language and were treated as rhetorical devices. An examination of Menander's "Dyskolos" notes that the poet used traditional fable-proverbs as a literary device that distinguishes his narrative strategy.

6. Mystery Elements in Menander's Dyscolus COLBY THOMPSON, reporter

Eva Keuls, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 100. (1969), pp. 209-220.

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7. Virtue Promoted in Menander's Dyscolus SARAH FINE, reporter

L. A. Post, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 91. (1960), pp. 152-161.

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8. Some Subtleties in Menander's Dyscolus

L. A. Post, in The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 84, No. 1. (Jan., 1963), pp. 36-51.

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