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This volume collects important examples of Greek literary portraiture. The "Characters" of Theophrastus consists of 30 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 5th century BC. 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 category Books in English Literature & literary studies Prose: non-fiction Literary essays

• Full title: Characters. Herodas: Mimes. Sophron and Other Mime Fragments
• Author: Theophrastus
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 432
• EAN: 9780674996038
• ISBN: 0674996038
• ID: 01331007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Weight: 338 g
• Dimensions: 118 × 263 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. January 2003

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