Category: Classics of Literature

The Characters of Theophrastus A Translation, with Introduction

Theophrastus, 370? BCE-286? BCE; Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1858-1921 [Translator]; Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1861-1938 [Translator]· 4 chapters· 15,053 words

This translation of _The Characters_ of Theophrastus is intended not for the narrow circle of classical philologists, but for the larger body of cultivated persons who have an interest in the past.

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3. Part 3

He counts up the price a friend pays for a cheap purchase, exclaiming that it takes his last penny. If a servant breaks a pot or plate he deducts its value from his rations. If...

2. Part 2

As to the serious function of instruction which Theophrastus no doubt aims to combine with that of entertainment, there is no more skilful mode of inducing moral betterment than...

1. Part 1

This translation of _The Characters_ of Theophrastus is intended not for the narrow circle of classical philologists, but for the larger body of cultivated persons who have an i...

4. Part 4

After loaning a plough, basket, sickle, or sack, he goes after it, unable to sleep for thinking of it. When he goes to town he inquires of any chance passer-by: “What are hides...