Alazon
Comedic stock character in the theatre of Ancient Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the river, see Alazani.
"Miles Gloriosus" redirects here. For the Plautus play, see Miles Gloriosus (play).
Alazṓn (Ancient Greek: ἀλαζών) is one of three stock characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece.[1] 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 father) and the miles gloriosus (the braggart soldier) are two types of alazṓn.[2]