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On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, C D N Costa (Translator)

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The Satyricon; The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius

The Satyricon; The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius more books like this

by Petronius Arbiter, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Petronius

Perhaps the strangest and most strikingly modern work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous professors and dissolute priestesses of the age and, ...

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Four Tragedies and Octavia

Four Tragedies and Octavia more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, E F Watling (Translator)

Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion ...

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Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robin Campbell (Translator)

A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65) that the Stoics found their ...

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Seneca: Moral and Political Essays

Seneca: Moral and Political Essays more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John M Cooper (Editor), J F Procope (Editor)

This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire ...

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The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters

The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters more books like this

by Professor Moses Hadas (Translator), Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The philosophy of Seneca has extended in influence from first-century Rome to the essays of Montaigne, to Elizabethan tragedy, to the theology of Calvin and the doctrines of the French Revolution.

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Dialogues and Letters

Dialogues and Letters more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, C D N Costa (Translator)

A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and influential masters of Latin prose. This selection explores his thoughts on philosophy and the trials of life. In the Consolation to Helvia he strives to offer solace to his mother, following his exile in AD 41, while On the ...

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Seneca, II, Moral Essays II: de Consolatione Ad Marciam. de Vita Beata. de Otio. de Tranquillitate Animi. de Brevitate Vitae. de Consolatione Ad Polybium. de Consolatione Ad Helviam

Seneca, II, Moral Essays II: de Consolatione Ad Marciam. de Vita Beata. de Otio. de Tranquillitate Animi. de Brevitate Vitae. de Consolatione Ad Polybium. de Consolatione Ad Helviam more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John W Basore (Translator)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some ...

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Seneca: Phaedra

Seneca: Phaedra more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Michael Coffey (Editor), P E Easterling (Editor)

Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the dramatic qualities of Phaedra and examines the Greek and Roman background to the play, particularly Seneca's use of Euripides and Ovid, and its philosophical elements grounded in Seneca's Stoicism. The ...

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Medea

Medea more books like this

by Seneca

A new edition of the Latin text, with a facing English prose translation, of one of Rome's most notorious and ferocious plays. The lengthy, useful introduction examines all aspects of the play's literary and thematic features, placing it firmly within the context of the 1st century AD, whilst also trying to determine the processes that led Seneca ...

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Seneca, the Tragedies more books like this

by Mr. David R Slavitt (Translator), Professor Palmer Bovie (Editor), Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The language in these translations [is] as fresh and gleaming as blood just spilled."--Eleanor Wilner. "Slavitt's translation is...lively and sometimes witty."--'TimesLiterary Supplement.' "A good, sensational Senecan read."--'Queen's Quarterly' The volume includes 'Trojan Women', 'Thyestes', 'Phaedra', 'Medea', and 'Agamemnon', plus a preface.

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Seneca, I, Moral Essays I: de Providentia. de Constantia. de IRA. de Clementia more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John W Basore (Translator)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some ...

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Phaedra more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the dramatic qualities of Phaedra and examines the Greek and Roman background to the play, particularly Seneca's use of Euripides and Ovid, and its philosophical elements grounded in Seneca's Stoicism. The ...

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Trojan Women more books like this

by Frederick M Ahl (Photographer), Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales: Volume I: Books I-XIII. more books like this

by L D Reynolds (Editor), Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Seneca: Apocolocyntosis more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, P T Eden (Editor), P E Easterling (Editor)

The Gourdification of Claudius the God has instant and lasting appeal. It is a uniquely surviving specimen of prose-and-verse satire from the Roman world - and satire, a Roman speciality, is one of the few types of ancient literature to survive, and thrive, in modern society. Its author, Seneca, was not only gifted with intellectual virtuosity, ...

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Seneca, VIII, Tragedies I: Hercules. Trojan Women. Phoenician Women. Medea. Phaedra more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John G Fitch (Translator)

Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Here is the first of a new two-volume edition of Seneca's ...

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Declamations, I: Controversiae, Books 1-6 more books like this

by The Elder Seneca the Elder, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Michael Winterbottom (Translator)

Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an import from Greece: declamation, the making of practice speeches on imaginary subjects. There were two types of such speeches: "controversiae" on law-court themes, "suasoriae" on deliberative ...

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Seneca: The Tragedies more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Mr. David R Slavitt (Translator)

"The language in these translations [is] as fresh and gleaming as blood just spilled."--Eleanor Wilner. "Slavitt's translation is...lively and sometimes witty."--'TimesLiterary Supplement.' "A good, sensational Senecan read."--'Queen's Quarterly' The volume includes 'Trojan Women', 'Thyestes', 'Phaedra', 'Medea', and 'Agamemnon', plus a preface.

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Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales: Volume II: Books XIV-XX. more books like this

by L D Reynolds (Editor), Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The Oedipus of Lucius Annaeus Seneca more books like this

by Michael Elliot Rutenberg

-- Introduction to Seneca, with: -- a comparison of ancient Greek and Roman drama -- approaches to presenting the play for modern audiences -- Text of Seneca's Oedipus in English adaptation -- Appendix I: Senecan Sources for the New Choral Odes -- Appendix II: Original Choral Odes -- Illustrations: photographs from production of the play at ...

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Seneca, IV, Epistles 1-65 more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John W Basore (Translator), Richard M Gummere (Translator)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some ...

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Seneca's Moral Epistles more books like this

by Anna Lydia Motto (Editor), Lucius Annaeus Seneca

-- Introduction on Seneca's life and work, philosophy, style -- Chronologies: historical and of Seneca's extant works -- Selected bibliography -- Latin text with same-page notes of 40 Senecan letters -- Vocabulary

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Seneca: Selected Philosophical Letters Translated with Introduction and Commentary more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Brad Inwood

Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascinating philosophical document in their own right. This selection of the letters aims to include those which are of greatest philosophical interest, especially those which highlight the debates between ...

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Seneca, X, Natural Questions: Books 4-7 more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Thomas H Corcoran (Translator)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some ...

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