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Theophrastus: Characters

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Edited with Introduction and Notes by , University of Cambridge
Published 2022

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Theophrastus:Characters is a collection of thirty 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 unique work which has had a profound influence on European literature. This edition aims to make it accessible to students, by offering a radically improved text and a commentary which brings out the meaning and nuances of the dazzling but sometimes difficult Greek and offers full elucidation of the…

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Key features

  • Explains in full the difficult Greek in order to help students understand its meaning
  • Unpacks the often enigmatic historical allusions so that readers can appreciate how the work illuminates many aspects of ancient society
  • Incorporates a radically improved text compared to previous editions

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