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James Romm

Theophrastus' Characters: An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior

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These Characters are people we know-they're our quirky neighbors, our creepy bosses, our blind dates from hell. Sharp-tongued Theophrastus, made sharper than ever in this fresh new edition, reminds us that Athenian weirdness is as ageless as Athenian wisdom. -Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, presenter of BBC's CivilisationsThe more things change, the more they stay the same: Theophrastus' Characters, a classical Greek text newly translated for a modern audience, is a joyful festival of fault-finding. The book outlines 30 characters, each crystallizing a human flaw all readers will immediately recognize, and is a humo… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Carrilho, Andre' (Illustr.) / Mensch, Pamela (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-935112-37-5
  • EAN: 9780935112375
  • Produktnummer: 25352815
  • Verlag: Callaway Arts & Entertainment
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 112 S.
  • Masse: H18.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.5 cm 272 g
  • Gewicht: 272
  • Sonstiges: Ab 16 J.

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James Romm is an author, reviewer, and the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College in Annadale, New York. His reviews and essays have appeared in the London Review of Books and The New York Times Book Review, among other publications. His books include The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought (Princeton University Press, 1992), Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire (Vintage, 2012), Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero (Vintage, 2014), The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives (W. W. Norton, 2017), and How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life (Princeton University Press, 2018) .

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