Theophrastus: Characters
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:12th May '22
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Makes accessible to the student a work of supreme importance and interest which illustrates many aspects of ancient society.
Theophrastus: Characters is a work of supreme importance and interest both as a pioneering text of world literature and as a document illustrating many aspects of ancient society. This edition makes it accessible to students by offering full help with understanding its sometimes difficult language and often enigmatic references.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 often enigmatic references to contemporary social practices and historical events. There is also a full introduction, which discusses the antecedents and affiliations of the work, its date, its purpose, and its literary qualities.
'… this is an outstanding edition.' Colin Leach, Classics for All (https://classicsforall.org.uk/)
'… Diggle has elegantly repackaged in an inviting school edition his magisterial text, translation and commentary on Theophrastus' Characters that is fun to read and appropriate for a number of pedagogical applications.' James J. Clauss, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'The author's interest in making this text accessible to a wider specialist audience - at a time when one must rightly speak of a more open and inclusive classical studies - is to be welcomed. Interested readers of Theophrastus, especially students, will certainly be able to benefit from this new edition.' Theofanis Tsiampokalos, Exemplaria Classica
ISBN: 9781108932790
Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 15mm
Weight: 330g
260 pages