Idou o anthropos

Idou o anthropos (Ancient Greek: Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος; Ecce homo or Behold the Man), written in 1886, is a work by poet and writer Andreas Laskaratos.[1] The main theme of the book is human characters and through a series of examples it tries to acquaint the reader with the different attributes of the human psyche in its different manifestations.

The multitude of different characters portrayed in the book are an early attempt to categorize people according to their personality traits.

References

  1. ↑ Beaton, Roderick (1999) [first published 1994]. An introduction to modern Greek literature (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-19-815974-9. Retrieved October 27, 2009.


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