Commentary on Seneca's de Clementia
Author: Calvin
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-10-09
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9004622942
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De Clementia
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2009-02-12
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 0199240361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew translations of significant political writings of Seneca, the most important Stoic philosopher.
The Cambridge Companion to Seneca
Author: Shadi Bartsch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-02-16
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 1316239896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Roman statesman, philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca dramatically influenced the progression of Western thought. His works have had an unparalleled impact on the development of ethical theory, shaping a code of behavior for dealing with tyranny in his own age that endures today. This Companion thoroughly examines the complete Senecan corpus, with special emphasis on the aspects of his writings that have challenged interpretation. The authors place Seneca in the context of the ancient world and trace his impressive legacy in literature, art, religion, and politics from Neronian Rome to the early modern period. Through critical discussion of the recent proliferation of Senecan studies, this volume compellingly illustrates how the perception of Seneca and his particular type of Stoicism has evolved over time. It provides a comprehensive overview that will benefit students and scholars in classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy and political theory, as well as general readers.
Calvin's commentary on Seneca's De clementia / with introd., transl., and notes by Ford Lewis Battles and Andre Malan Hugo
Author: Ford Lewis Battles
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 612
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Empire of the Self
Author: Christopher Star
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2012-12-01
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1421407264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristopher Star uncovers significant points of contact between Seneca and Petronius, two important Roman writers long thought to be antagonists. In The Empire of the Self, Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and the development of a universal ideal of individual autonomy were mutually enhancing phenomena. The Stoic ideal of individual empire or complete self-command is a major theme of Seneca’s philosophical works. The problematic consequences of this ideal are explored in Seneca’s dramatic and satirical works, as well as in the novel of his contemporary Petronius. Star examines the rhetorical links between these diverse texts. He also demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists—the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.
The Ethics of the Family in Seneca
Author: Liz Gloyn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1107145473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModel mothers -- A band of brothers -- The mystery of marriage -- The desirable contest between fathers and sons -- The imperfect imperial family -- Rewriting the family
Seneca: De Clementia
Author: Susanna Braund
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 0191616982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoon after Nero's accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes the text with apparatus criticus, a new translation, a substantial introduction, and detailed commentary on matters of textual criticism, literary criticism and issues of socio-political, historical, cultural, and philosophical significance. The notes illuminate Seneca's language and thought through extensive citation of parallel passages from his other writings, from those of other imperial Latin authors, and from other relevant texts. The introduction includes discussion of Seneca's life, relationship with Nero, writings, and philosophy; the date, genre, scope, structure, and argument of De Clementia; the concept of clementia; kingship theory in Greek literature and Republican Rome; and the work's afterlife and influence.
Seneca on Society
Author: Miriam T. Griffin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 0199245487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA volume which explores in detail Seneca's De Beneficiis. Divided into three sections, it looks at the historical and philosophical context of the work, its relation to Seneca's other texts, and concludes with a detailed synopsis of each book, accompanied by notes in commentary form.
Octavia
Author: A. J. Boyle
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2008-04-17
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0191558354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOctavia is a work of exceptional historical and dramatic interest. It is the only surviving complete example of the Roman historical drama known as the fabula praetexta. Written shortly after Nero's death by an unknown author, the play deals with events at the court of Nero in the decisive year 62 CE, for which it is the earliest extant (almost contemporary) literary source; its main themes are sex, murder, politics, power and the perceptions and constructions of history. It is a powerful, lyrical and spectacular play. This is the first critical edition of Octavia, with verse translation and commentary, which aims to elucidate the text dramatically as well as philologically, and to locate it firmly in its historical and theatrical context. The verse translation is designed for both performance and serious study.
The Passions in Play
Author: Alessandro Schiesaro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-09-25
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1139440217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monograph is devoted to the most important of Seneca's tragedies, Thyestes, which has had a notable influence on Western drama from Shakespeare to Antonin Artaud. Thyestes emerges as the mastertext of 'Silver' Latin poetry, and as an original reflection on the nature of theatre comparable to Euripides' Bacchae. The book analyses the complex structure of the play, its main themes, the relationship between Seneca's vibrant style and his obsession with dark issues of revenge and regression. Substantial discussion of other plays - especially Trojan Women, Oedipus and Medea - permits a comprehensive re-evaluation of Seneca's poetics and its pivotal role in post-Virgilian literature. Topics explored include the relationship between Seneca's plays and his theory of the emotions, the connection between poetic inspiration and the Underworld, and Seneca's treatment of time, which, in a perspective informed by psychoanalysis, is seen as a central preoccupation of Senecan tragedy.
