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Anger, Mercy, Revenge
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Description for Anger, Mercy, Revenge
Paperback. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. This title is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Translator(s): Kaster, Robert A.; Nussbaum, Martha C. Series: The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is 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 Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson - to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely ... Read more
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is 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 Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson - to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226748429
SKU
V9780226748429
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Robert A. Kaster is professor of classics and the Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Princeton University. He is the author of Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome, among other volumes. Martha C. Nussbaum is the Errist Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago and the author of Not for ... Read more
Reviews for Anger, Mercy, Revenge
The translations strike that difficult balance between fidelity to the original and natural English idiom. Latinless readers will not be confused, philosophically minded readers will appreciate the citations, and classicists will find in the notes the discussion and arguments they may want to clarify the original.... An admirable effort to bring Seneca to a wider audience. (Bryn Mawr Classical ... Read more