- her father,
Knemon, is reclusive,
notoriously bad-tempered, and next to
impossible to approach. Eventually,
after winning over
Knemon's stepson Gorgias...
-
Possible depiction of
Knemon from Menander's play
Dyskolos (the Grouch)...
-
curmudgeon usually has more
sympathetic traits that are
revealed over the
course of a work of fiction.
Knemon in Dyskolos, Alf Garnett, Grinch,
Daisy Werthan...
- in One
Volume (Eerdmans, 1985), 48. Anderson,
Michael (October 1970). "
Knemon's Hamartia".
Greece & Rome. 17 (2): 199–217. doi:10.1017/S0017383500017897...
