Theophrastus: Characters Paperback / softback
by Theophrastus
Part of the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series
Paperback / softback
Description
Theophrastus' Characters is a collection of 30 short character-sketches of various types of individuals who might be met in the streets of Athens in the late fourth century BC.
It is a work which had a profound influence on European literature, and this is a detailed and elaborate treatment of it.
This edition presents an improved text, a translation which is designed both to be readable and to bring out fully the nuances of the very difficult Greek, and a commentary which covers every feature of the text and its interpretation and offers particularly full elucidation of the often enigmatic references to contemporary social practices and historical events.
There is also a lengthy introduction, which discusses the antecedents and affiliations of the work, its date, its purpose, and the manuscript tradition.
Extensive indexes are also provided, including an Index Verborum.
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- Pages:612 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780521045766
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:612 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/12/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521045766
