Theophrastus: Characters / Herodas: Mimes / Cercidas and the Choliambic Poets by Cercidas, Jeffrey Rusten, A.D. Knox, I. C. Cunningham, Herodas, Theophrastus

Theophrastus: Characters / Herodas: Mimes / Cercidas and the Choliambic Poets

Cercidas, Jeffrey Rusten, A.D. Knox, I. C. Cunningham, Herodas, Theophrastus

584 pages • first pub 300 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION.This volume collects some of the liveliest examples of Greek literary portraiture. The "Characters" of Theophrastus sketches thirty hypothetical men, each dominated by a single fault, such as ruden...

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