Characters
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Characters is an ancient Greek work of brief, satirical character sketches traditionally attributed to Theophrastus, depicting various moral types and social behaviors.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek work
ⓘ
collection of character sketches ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| aim |
moral observation
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Peripatetic school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Theophrastus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Theophrastus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | ancient Greek prose ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| depicts |
moral types
ⓘ
social behaviors ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
ⓘ
literature ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| genre |
character sketch
ⓘ
ethical literature ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasForm | series of separate sketches ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
European character-writing tradition
ⓘ
Theophrastan character tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ moral satire in early modern Europe ⓘ |
| hasReception |
Renaissance humanism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early modern moralists ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
moral psychology
ⓘ
social conduct ⓘ |
| hasType | ethical character type ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Aristotelian ethics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | brief sketches ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human character
ⓘ
moral failings ⓘ social vices ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Greek ethical literature ⓘ |
| period | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| portrays |
everyday behavior
ⓘ
recognizable social types ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Aristotle's ethical writings ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
ⓘ
history of ethics ⓘ literary studies ⓘ |
| style | concise prose ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| tone | satirical ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Theophrastus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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