Theophrastus

Theophrastus

ISBN 10: 0674996038 / ISBN 13: 9780674996038

Verlag: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Mär 2003, 2003

Beschreibung

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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780674996038

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Theophrastus
• Verlag: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Mär 2003
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0674996038
• ISBN-13: 9780674996038
• Einband: Buch
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 0B x 0 H x 0 T Millimeter Breite: 0 mm, Höhe: 0 mm, Tiefe: 0 mm

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Inhaltsangabe

Dramatis personae.

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. Unassuming in style, his character sketches nonetheless bear resemblance to the vivid figures of the period’s New Comedy. The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote mimes, a popular Greek entertainment in which one actor or a small group portrayed a situation from everyday urban life, concentrating on depiction of character rather than on plot. Here too in a new text and translation are substantial portions of the mimes of Sophron, a Syracusan of the fifth century BC whose work Plato is said to have enjoyed, as well as a selection of anonymous mime fragments.


The extant work of Sophron and the anonymous mime fragments are newly added to the Loeb Classical Library in this edition. And Jeffrey Rusten and Ian Cunningham have updated their editions of Theophrastus and Herodas (both first published in 1993) in light of the latest scholarship.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jeffrey Rusten is Professor of Classics at Cornell University.

I. C. Cunningham was formerly Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland.