Select Letters of Seneca
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Younger
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First published by Macmillan in 1910 and frequently reprinted thereafter, this selection includes the Latin text of Letters 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21, 27, 28, 33, 40, 43, 44, 47, 51, 53-57, 63, 76-80, 82, 84, 86-88, 90, 107, 108, 114 and 122. Three introductory chapters trace the history of Latin prose style, comment on Seneca's own language and style, and give an account of Seneca's critics and admirers from ancient times to the twentieth century. The edition includes explanatory English show more notes on the Latin text. show lessTags
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An excellent selection of 36 of Seneca's letters with a very useful introduction. The letters included are:
V, VII, XI-XII, XV, XVIII, XXI, XXVII-XXVIII, XXXIII, XL,
XLIII-XLIV, XLVII, LI, LIII-LVII, LXIII, LXXVI-LXXX, LXXXII, LXXXIV, LXXXVI-LXXXVIII, XC, CVII-CVIII, CXIV, CXXII.
V, VII, XI-XII, XV, XVIII, XXI, XXVII-XXVIII, XXXIII, XL,
XLIII-XLIV, XLVII, LI, LIII-LVII, LXIII, LXXVI-LXXX, LXXXII, LXXXIV, LXXXVI-LXXXVIII, XC, CVII-CVIII, CXIV, CXXII.
Title: Select letters of Seneca /
Author(s): Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Publication: London : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press,
Edition: 1st ed.
Year: 1910, 1956
Description: cxiv, 383 p. ; 17 cm.
Language: English
SUBJECT(S)
Named Person: Summers, Walter Coventry, 1869- ed.
Note(s): Includes index.
Class Descriptors: LC: PA6661.E7; Dewey: 876.01
Responsibility: edited with introductions and explanatory notes by Walter C. Summers.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19770610
Update: 20081225
Accession No: OCLC: 3030153
Author(s): Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Publication: London : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press,
Edition: 1st ed.
Year: 1910, 1956
Description: cxiv, 383 p. ; 17 cm.
Language: English
SUBJECT(S)
Named Person: Summers, Walter Coventry, 1869- ed.
Note(s): Includes index.
Class Descriptors: LC: PA6661.E7; Dewey: 876.01
Responsibility: edited with introductions and explanatory notes by Walter C. Summers.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19770610
Update: 20081225
Accession No: OCLC: 3030153
Edition: // Descr: cxiv, 383 p. 17 cm. // Series: Call No. { 878 S5 3 c. #2. } Edited with Introductions and Explanatory Notes by Walter C. Summers Contains Index to Notes. // //
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Seneca was born in Spain of a wealthy Italian family. His father, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (see Vol. 4), wrote the well-known Controversaie (Controversies) and Suasoriae (Persuasions), which are collections of arguments used in rhetorical training, and his nephew Lucan was the epic poet of the civil war. Educated in rhetoric and philosophy in Rome, show more he found the Stoic doctrine especially compatible. The younger Seneca became famous as an orator but was exiled by the Emperor Claudius. He was recalled by the Empress Agrippina to become the tutor of her son, the young Nero. After the first five years of Nero's reign, Agrippina was murdered and three years later Octavia, Nero's wife, was exiled. Seneca retired as much as possible from public life and devoted himself to philosophy, writing many treatises at this time. But in 65 he was accused of conspiracy and, by imperial order, committed suicide by opening his veins. He was a Stoic philosopher and met his death with Stoic calm. Seneca's grisly tragedies fascinated the Renaissance and have been successfully performed in recent years. All ten tragedies are believed genuine, with the exception of Octavia, which is now considered to be by a later writer. Translations of the tragedies influenced English dramatists such as Jonson (see Vol. 1), Marlowe (see Vol. 1), and Shakespeare (see Vol. 1), who all imitated Seneca's scenes of horror and his characters---the ghost, nurse, and villain. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1910
- Epigraph
- Multa enim, ut dixi, probanda in eo, multa etiam admiranda sunt: eligere modo curae sit.
Quintil. 10. 1. 131
(Much of value, as I have said, can be found in him, many admirable things: just have a care what you t... (show all)ake from him. Quintilian 10. 1. 131) - Dedication
- I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO
WILLIAM EDGAR ALLEN, ESQ., LITT. D.
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF
THE GENEROSITY
TO WHICH THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD OWES
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
AND
THE MOST WIDELY USEFUL
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THE EDGAR ALLEN LIBRARY - Disambiguation notice
- This is Summer's select anthology of the letters of Seneca in Latin. Do not combine with other selections or selections in translation.
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- 878.5 — Literature & rhetoric Latin & Italic literatures Latin miscellaneous writings Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (See also 872.6 and 188.6)
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- PA6661 .E7 .A2 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Roman literature Individual authors Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
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