Theophrastus: Characters

Makes accessible to the student a work of supreme importance and interest which illustrates many aspects of ancient society.

James Diggle (Edited by)

9781108831284, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 May 2022

260 pages
22.2 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg

'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

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.

Introduction
Theophrastus: Characters
Commentary
Bibliography
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]