Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Theophrastus

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2002.
• United States of America : The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• α, 3 . ..
• Rusten, Jeffrey S.
• Cunningham, Ian Campbell
• Herodas
• Sophron, approximately 470 B.C.-400 B.C.

Description

421 pages; 17 cm

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. Unassuming in style, his character sketches nonetheless bear resemblance to the vivid figures of the period's New Comedy. The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote mimes, a popular Greek entertainment in which one actor or a small group portrayed a situation from everyday urban life, concentrating on depiction of character rather than on plot. Here too in a new text and translation are substantial portions of the mimes of Sophron, a Syracusan of the 5th century B.C. whose work Plato is said to have enjoyed, as well as a selection of anonymous mime fragments." "The extant work of Sophron and the anonymous mime fragments are newly added to the Loeb Classical Library in this edition. And Jeffrey Rusten and Ian Cunningham have updated their editions of Theophrastus and Herodas (both first published in 1993) in light of the latest scholarship."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; 225

Uniform Title

• Characters. English & Greek
• Loeb classical library ; 225.

Alternative Title

• Characters.
• Mimes.
• Sophron and other mime fragments.

Subject

• Character sketches
• Greek literature > Translations into English
• Cynics (Greek philosophy) > Poetry
• Pantomimes
• Portraits (Littérature) > Ouvrages avant 1800
• Littérature grecque > Traductions anglaises
• Pantomimes > Ouvrages avant 1800
• Griekse oudheid
• Cynics (Greek philosophy)
• Greek literature

Genre/Form

• Poetry.
• Translations.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• English and Greek parallel text; study in English.

Contents

THEOPHRASTUS -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Characters -- Additional notes -- Appendix: Ariston of Keos -- HERODAS -- Introduction -- Mimes -- SOPHRON -- Introduction -- Mimes -- POPULAR MIME -- Introduction -- Mimes.

Call Number

PA3611

ISBN

• 0674996038
• 9780674996038

LCCN

2002027603

OCLC

50149630

Author

Theophrastus, author.

Title

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

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Manufacturer

United States of America : The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

Edition

Third edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 225

Loeb classical library ; 225.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

English and Greek parallel text; study in English.

Added Author

Rusten, Jeffrey S., editor, translator.

Alternate Script for Added Author

α, 3 . ..

Added Author

Cunningham, Ian Campbell, editor, translator.

Container of (expression): Theophrastus. Characters. English (Rusten : 2002)

Container of (expression): Theophrastus. Characters. Greek (Rusten : 2002)

Container of (expression): Herodas. Mimiambi. English (Cunningham : 2002)

Container of (expression): Herodas. Mimiambi. Greek (Cunningham : 2002)

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

Added Title

Mimes.

Sophron and other mime fragments.

Other Form:

Online version: Theophrastus. Characters. English & Greek. Characters. 3rd ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002 (OCoLC)648458844

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA3611 .T441