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📘 Theophrasti Characteres by Theophrastus

Theophrasti Characteres gathers thirty brief sketches of men dominated by a single fault—arrogance, boorishness, superstition—and presents them in an unassuming style that echoes the lively figures of New Comedy. Accompanying the sketches are newly translated mimes from Sophron, a Syracusan of the 5th century B.C., and a selection of anonymous mime fragments. These additions provide a fresh view of Hellenistic mime, a popular Greek entertainment that focused on character depiction over plot. The volume represents a significant expansion of Theophrastus’ work in the Loeb Classical Library and benefits from current scholarship, with updated translations and commentaries by Jeffrey Rusten and Ian Cunningham.

First publish date: 1628

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Theophrastus

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