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The Characters of Theophrastos. The Mimes of Herodas. The Tablet of Kebes. (1909) book cover

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The Characters of Theophrastos. The Mimes of Herodas. The Tablet of Kebes. (1909)

By R. Thomson Clark Copyright 1909
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1909, in an era of receding interest in Classical authors, this volume aimed to encourage a renewed interest in the Classics through shared emotion, humanity and the everyday. Attributing the disinterest to a lack of familiarity and a public difficulty for empathising with antiquity, Clark believed literature of the day owed a great deal to the Classical authors, and that its... Read more

1. Flattery. 2. Complaisance. 3. Surliness. 4. Arrogance. 5. Irony. 6. Boastfulness. 7. Petty Ambition. 8. Late-learning. 9. Unseasonableness. 10. Officiousness. 11. Unpleasantness. 12. Offensiveness. 13. Stupidity. 14. Boorishness. 15. Shamelessness. 16. Recklessness. 17. Grossness. 18. Garrulity. 19. Loquacity. 20. Newsmaking. 21. Evil-speaking. 22. Grumbling. 23. Distrustfulness. 24. Penuriousness. 25. Meanness. 26. Avarice. 27. Cowardice. 28. Superstition. 29. The Aristocratic Temper. 20. Patronage of Rascals. The Mimes of Herodas 1. The Match-maker. 2. The Pandar. 3. The School-master. 4. The Sacrificers to Asklepios. 5. The Jealous Woman. 6. A Private Conversation. 7. The Cobbler. 8. The Dream. 9. A Fragment on Life. 10. A Fragment. 11. Ladies at Breakfast (1). 12. Ladies at Breakfast (2). The Tablet of Kebes. Prodikos’ The Choice of Herakles

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