Thirty caustic ancient Greek sketches of human flaws—mean, vain, and annoying types still uncannily familiar today.
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Thirty caustic ancient Greek sketches of human flaws—mean, vain, and annoying types still uncannily familiar today.
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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 Civilisations The more things change, the more they stay the same: Theophrastus' Characters , a classical Greek text newly translated for a modern audience, ...
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Sketch of the Superstitious Man; Greek rites and omens
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Superstitious omens, purifications, and folk practices
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Athenian social satire; oligarch type and class manners
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