Characters. Herodas: Mimes. Sophron and Other Mime Fragments

ISBN-13: 9780674996038 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 432 str.

Theophrastus

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This volume collects important examples of Greek literary portraiture. The Characters of Theophrastus consists of 30 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 5th century BC. Here too is a selection of anonymous mime fragments.