Character sketches · c. 319 BC
The Characters
Translated by Charles E. Bennett and William A. Hammond (1902)
Thirty brief sketches of human failings, from the Dissembler and the Flatterer to the Late Learner and the Vicious Man, drawn with a few bold strokes.
Contents · 31 parts
- Proem1 paragraph
- I. The Dissembler3 paragraphs
- II. The Flatterer4 paragraphs
- III. The Coward3 paragraphs
- IV. The Over-zealous Man3 paragraphs
- V. The Tactless Man3 paragraphs
- VI. The Shameless Man3 paragraphs
- VII. The Newsmonger3 paragraphs
- VIII. The Mean Man4 paragraphs
- IX. The Stupid Man1 paragraph
- X. The Surly Man3 paragraphs
- XI. The Superstitious Man5 paragraphs
- XII. The Thankless Man3 paragraphs
- XIII. The Suspicious Man1 paragraph
- XIV. The Disagreeable Man3 paragraphs
- XV. The Exquisite6 paragraphs
- XVI. The Garrulous Man1 paragraph
- XVII. The Bore5 paragraphs
- XVIII. The Rough3 paragraphs
- XIX. The Affable Man2 paragraphs
- XX. The Impudent Man2 paragraphs
- XXI. The Gross Man4 paragraphs
- XXII. The Boor4 paragraphs
- XXIII. The Penurious Man4 paragraphs
- XXIV. The Pompous Man3 paragraphs
- XXV. The Braggart4 paragraphs
- XXVI. The Oligarch3 paragraphs
- XXVII. The Backbiter1 paragraph
- XXVIII. The Avaricious Man4 paragraphs
- XXIX. The Late Learner3 paragraphs
- XXX. The Vicious Man3 paragraphs