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The Characters of
Theophrastus
A Translation, with Introduction
By
Charles E. Bennett
and
William A. Hammond
Professors in Cornell University
Longmans, Green, and Co.
91 and 93 Fifth Avenue, New York
London and Bombay
1902
Copyright, 1902, by
Longmans, Green, and Co.
All rights reserved
[October, 1902]
The University Press
Cambridge, U. S. A.
To
THOMAS DAY SEYMOUR
In Profound Esteem
Preface
This translation of The Charactersof Theophrastus is intendednot for the narrowcircle of classical philologists, but forthe larger body of cultivated personswho have an interest in the past.
Within the last century only threeEnglish translations of The Charactershave appeared; one by Howell (London,1824), another by Isaac Taylor(London, 1836), the third by ProfessorJebb (London, 1870). All ofthese have long been out of print, afact that seemed to justify the preparationof the present work.
The text followed has been, in themain, that of the edition publishedin 1897 by the Leipziger PhilologischeGesellschaft. A few coarsepassages have been omitted, andoccasionally a phrase necessary tothe understanding of the context hasbeen inserted. Apart from this thetranslators have aimed to render theoriginal with as much precision andfidelity as is consistent with Englishidiom.
Charles E. Bennett.
William A. Hammond.
Ithaca, N.Y.,August, 1902.
Contents
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| Introduction | xi |
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