First published in 1909, in an era of receding interest in Classical authors, this volume aimed to encourage a renewed interest in the Classics through Theophrastos, Herodas, and the Thebes tablet with the hope that they would demonstrate how vividly changeless the nature of men and women can be.

R. Thomson Clark

1. Flattery. 2. Complaisance. 3. Surliness. 4. Arrogance. 5. Irony. 6. Boastfulness. 7. Petty Ambition. 8. Late-learning. 9. Unseasonableness. 10. Officiousness. 11. Unpleasantness. 12. Offensiveness. 13. Stupidity. 14. Boorishness. 15. Shamelessness. 16. Recklessness. 17. Grossness. 18. Garrulity. 19. Loquacity. 20. Newsmaking. 21. Evil-speaking. 22. Grumbling. 23. Distrustfulness. 24. Penuriousness. 25. Meanness. 26. Avarice. 27. Cowardice. 28. Superstition. 29. The Aristocratic Temper. 20. Patronage of Rascals. The Mimes of Herodas 1. The Match-maker. 2. The Pandar. 3. The School-master. 4. The Sacrificers to Asklepios. 5. The Jealous Woman. 6. A Private Conversation. 7. The Cobbler. 8. The Dream. 9. A Fragment on Life. 10. A Fragment. 11. Ladies at Breakfast (1). 12. Ladies at Breakfast (2). The Tablet of Kebes. Prodikos' The Choice of Herakles