Theophrastus

Theophrastus

ISBN 10: 0674996038 / ISBN 13: 9780674996038

Editore: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Mär 2003, 2003

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Neuware - This volume collects important examples of Greek literary portraiture. The 'Characters' of Theophrastus consists of thirty fictional sketches of men who are each dominated by a single fault, such as arrogance, boorishness, or superstition. The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote mimes, a popular entertainment in which one actor or a small group portrayed a situation from everyday life, concentrating on depiction of character rather than on plot. The volume also includes a new translation and text of extant portions of the mimes of Sophron, a Syracusan of the fifth century BCE Here too is a selection of anonymous mime fragments.The work of Sophron and the anonymous mime fragments are newly added to the Loeb Classical Library in this second edition of a volume published in 1993. Jeffrey Rusten and Ian Cunningham have also updated their editions of Theophrastus and Herodas.

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• Titolo: Theophrastus
• Editore: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Mär 2003
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674996038
• ISBN 13: 9780674996038
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 0 L x 0 A x 0 P (millimetri) 0 millimetri di larghezza per 0 millimetri di altezza per 0 millimetri di profondità

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This volume collects important examples of Greek literary portraiture. The Characters of Theophrastus consists of thirty fictional sketches of men who are each dominated by a single fault, such as arrogance, boorishness, or superstition. The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote mimes, a popular entertainment in which one actor or a small group portrayed a situation from everyday life, concentrating on depiction of character rather than on plot. The volume also includes a new translation and text of extant portions of the mimes of Sophron, a Syracusan of the fifth century BCE Here too is a selection of anonymous mime fragments.

The work of Sophron and the anonymous mime fragments are newly added to the Loeb Classical Library in this second edition of a volume published in 1993. Jeffrey Rusten and Ian Cunningham have also updated their editions of Theophrastus and Herodas.

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Book by Theophrastus Herodas Sophron