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 BCE 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.
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