Alciphron. Heterosexual leaves. Theophrastus. Characters

The publication includes works: "Letters of heterosexuals" by Alciphron - Greek rhetorician and writer of the II century. N. The Characters of Theophrastus (372-287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, scholar, and student of Aristotle. outstanding people. Almost all the names of the authors of the letters and their addressees are historically authentic. They really lived in the IV century. BC BC, and their vicissitudes of life, recreated by Alciphron, even through the V-VI centuries. later, were well known to the then Greek society. Alciphron's letters influenced European epistolography. The characters of Theophrastus are an original gallery of literary portraits devoid of human virtues. The author skillfully depicts the most typical human defects, which determine the appropriate human nature, ie his character. The work had a significant impact on ancient and later European literature.