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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.
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 14 March 2003
ISBN-10 : 0674996038 | ISBN-13: 9780674996038
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Release date: 14 March 2003
ISBN-10 : 0674996038 | ISBN-13: 9780674996038
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