Apocolocyntosis

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Younger

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History. Philosophy. Nonfiction. HTML: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist, who also acted as a tutor and adviser to emperor Nero. Attributed to Seneca is this political satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, Apocolocyntosis or The Pumpkinification of Claudius. The title, meaning "Pumpkinification" or "Gourdification" is a play upon "apotheosis", the process of recognizing a dead Roman emperor as a god. .… (more)

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I find out that reading the Greeks was normal reading activity for the Victorians, must be something in it then instead of this rarefied Public School thing where a Select Few are invited to be in their presence.
Seneca's Book reads like a Wikileaks Expose where the sins of the Emperor are exposed for all to see and the Ruler wants them to be hidden. I think this would explain why Seneca was forced to commit suicide by drinking poison? as a punishment like Socrates was? (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Younger	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Garcia Sánchez, Manel	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Giralt Soler, Sebastià	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Marx, A.	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Biblioteca Básica Gredos (74)

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Sammlung Tusculum

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The Satyricon / The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius by Petronius

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54 AD

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Claudius I, Emperor of Rome

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist, who also acted as a tutor and adviser to emperor Nero. Attributed to Seneca is this political satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, Apocolocyntosis or The Pumpkinification of Claudius. The title, meaning "Pumpkinification" or "Gourdification" is a play upon "apotheosis", the process of recognizing a dead Roman emperor as a god.

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