Overview
Character Name
Palaestrio
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
A street in Ephesus, Ancient Greece
Analysis
A slave to Pyrgopolynices, an arrogant soldier. He delivers a prologue before the play’s action begins, explaining that Pyrgopolynices is a laughing stock and describing how he came to be his slave. Originally a slave to Pleusicles, he was captured by pirates and given to
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