Aristotle’s successor at the Lyceum sketched the everyday failings of his fellow Athenians: the dissembler, the flatterer, the coward, the over-zealous man, the shameless cadger who grabs tripe from the butcher’s bench and goes to the theatre on his friends’ tickets. This Cornell translation adds an introduction on the work’s place in literature.
The ancestor of every character sketch since, and still recognisable in any office or dinner party. Download the free EPUB.