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Description:Heroism and moral grandeur are the keynotes of most classical Greek literature; realism as we have known it is rare. The two writers included in this volume are among the few who have drawn faces on the Greek crowd and shown them as they were.Theophrastus, the Aristotelian philosopher and botanist, is best known for his unique book, The Characters, a series of portraits of such types as the boor, the slanderer and the ironical man. These certainly influenced his pupil, Menander, who may even have used them as blue-prints for the more realistic characters on the Greek New Comedy: later they were translated and imitated by La Bruyère. All too little of Menander's work survives, but through his Roman imitators, Plautus and Terence, he proved to be the originator of European formal comedy, as seen in Molière, Congreve, Sheridan and even Oscar Wilde.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Theophrastus: The Characters: Menander: Plays & Fragments. To get started finding Theophrastus: The Characters: Menander: Plays & Fragments, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 299

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: 1967

ISBN: 014044193X

Description: Heroism and moral grandeur are the keynotes of most classical Greek literature; realism as we have known it is rare. The two writers included in this volume are among the few who have drawn faces on the Greek crowd and shown them as they were.Theophrastus, the Aristotelian philosopher and botanist, is best known for his unique book, The Characters, a series of portraits of such types as the boor, the slanderer and the ironical man. These certainly influenced his pupil, Menander, who may even have used them as blue-prints for the more realistic characters on the Greek New Comedy: later they were translated and imitated by La Bruyère. All too little of Menander's work survives, but through his Roman imitators, Plautus and Terence, he proved to be the originator of European formal comedy, as seen in Molière, Congreve, Sheridan and even Oscar Wilde.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Theophrastus: The Characters: Menander: Plays & Fragments. To get started finding Theophrastus: The Characters: Menander: Plays & Fragments, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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