This book presents an introduction to the Characters, a collection of thirty amusing descriptions of character types who lived in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The author of the work, Theophrastus, was Aristotle's colleague, his immediate successor and head of his philosophical school for thirty-five years. Pertsinidis' lively, original and scholarly monograph introduces Theophrastus as a Greek philosopher. It also outlines the remarkable influence of the Characters as a literary work and provides a detailed discussion of the work's purpose and its connection with comedy, ethics and rhetoric.
| ISBN: | 9780367607050 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2020 |
| Author: | Sonia Pertsinidis |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1120 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Focus on Classical Studies |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Ancient history |
This book presents an introduction to the Characters, a collection of thirty amusing descriptions of character types who lived in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The author of the work, Theophrastus, was Aristotle's colleague, his immediate successor and head of his philosophical school for thirty-five years. Pertsinidis' lively, original and scholarly monograph introduces Theophrastus as a Greek philosopher. It also outlines the remarkable influence of the Characters as a literary work and provides a detailed discussion of the work's purpose and its connection with comedy, ethics and rhetoric.
Theophrastus' Characters features in the following genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Ancient history
Theophrastus' Characters is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Theophrastus' Characters was written by Sonia Pertsinidis and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Theophrastus' Characters has 1120 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Focus on Classical Studies series
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