Perikeiromene

Perikeiromene
A papyrus fragment of the Perikeiromene 976–1008 (P. Oxy. 211 II 211, 1st or 2nd century CE).
Original titleΠερικειρομένη
Written byMenander
Original languageAncient Greek
GenreNew Comedy

Perikeiromene (Ancient Greek: Περικειρομένη, romanized: Perikeiroménē), 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. No act has been preserved in its entirety, but there are still individual passages from each of the five acts. 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.

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