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The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
University Of Chicago Press
April 2010
On Sale: July 15, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 0226748413
EAN: 9780226748412
Hardcover
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Fiction Ancient Classics
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE to 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic
philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the
emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature.
Here, with the publication of "Anger, Mercy, Revenge" and
"Natural Questions", the University of Chicago Press proudly
inaugurates "The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca", a
fresh and compelling series of new English-language
translations of his works in eight accessible volumes.
Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi
Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection
restores Seneca - whose works have been highly praised by
modern authors from Erasmus to Emerson - to his rightful
place among those classical writers most widely studied in
the humanities. "Anger, Mercy, Revenge" comprises three key
writings: the moral essays 'On Anger' and 'On Clemency' -
which were penned as advice for the then young emperor Nero
- and the Apocolocyntosis, a brilliant satire lampooning the
end of the reign of Claudius. "Natural Questions" is a
stand-alone treatise in which Seneca compiles and comments
on the physical sciences of his day, offering us a valuable
look at the ancient scientific mind at work. Both volumes
introduce the Latinless reader to the writings of one of the
ancient world's most fascinating - and acclaimed -
philosophical figures, making them perfect for the
undergraduate student and lay scholar alike.
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