Word: theophrastus
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Sulla brought to Rome the library of Aristotle which had been enlarged by his disciple Theophrastus. The apartment used for a library must face the East, so that the owner might spend the early morning hours in reading. A private library of seven hundred volumes was discovered at Herculaneum in the end of the eighteenth century...
...international hurdle race at Croydon yesterday was won by Glenluce, with Ancient Pistol second and Theophrastus third. Eight ran, including Mr. Walton's Sutler...