Characters / Theophrastus. Mimes / Herodas. Sophron and other mime fragments / edited and translated by Jeffrey Rusten, I.C. Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theophrastus.

Contributor:

Rusten, Jeffrey S.

Cunningham, Ian Campbell.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 225.

The Loeb classical library ; 225

Standardized Title:

Characters. English & Greek

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Character sketches.

Greek literature--Translations into English.

Greek literature.

Cynics (Greek philosophy)--Poetry.

Cynics (Greek philosophy).

Pantomimes.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

421 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English and Greek parallel text; study in English.

Summary:

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 B.C. Here too is a selection of anonymous mime fragments.

The work of Sophron and the anonymous mime fragments are newly added to the Loeb Classical Library in this second edition of a volume published in 1993. Jeffrey Rusten and Ian Cunningham have also updated their editions of Theophrastus and Herodas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-44).

Contains:

Herodas. Mimiambi. English & Greek

Sophron, approximately 470 B.C.-400 B.C. Mimes. English & Greek.

Mimes.

Sophron and other mime fragments.

ISBN:

0674996038

OCLC:

50149630