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Alazon
Sign in to savethumb|The "braggart soldier" Pyrgopolynices in a 2012 production of the play Miles Gloriosus Alazṓn () is one of three stock characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece. He is the opponent of the eirôn. The alazṓn is an impostor that sees himself as greater than he actually is. The senex iratus (the angry old man) and the miles gloriosus (the braggart soldier) are two types of alazṓn.
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8 sectionsContents
- ''Miles Gloriosus''
- Literary instances
- Other media
- ''Senex iratus''
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The "braggart soldier" Pyrgopolynices in a 2012 production of the play Miles Gloriosus Alazṓn () is one of three stock characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece. He is the opponent of the eirôn. The alazṓn is an impostor that sees himself as greater than he actually is. The senex iratus (the angry old man) and the miles gloriosus (the braggart soldier) are two types of alazṓn.
==Miles Gloriosus==