Complete Works of Seneca -Delphi Classics

3251 Pages·2014·4.4 MB·English

by  Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The Complete Works of
SENECA THE YOUNGER
(4 BC – AD 65)
Contents
The Tragedies
THE MADNESS OF HERCULES
THE TROJAN WOMEN
THE PHOENICIAN WOMEN
PHAEDRA
THYESTES
HERCULES ON OETA
AGAMEMNON
OEDIPUS
MEDEA
OCTAVIA
The Epistles
TO MARCIA, ON CONSOLATION
TO MY MOTHER HELVIA, ON CONSOLATION
TO POLYBIUS, ON CONSOLATION
THE MORAL EPISTLES
The Essays
ON ANGER
ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE
THE PUMPKINIFICATION OF THE DIVINE CLAUDIUS
ON THE FIRMNESS OF THE WISE PERSON
ON CLEMENCY
ON THE HAPPY LIFE
ON LEISURE
NATURAL QUESTIONS
ON BENEFITS
ON TRANQUILLITY OF MIND
ON PROVIDENCE
The Latin Texts
LIST OF LATIN TEXTS
The Biography
INTRODUCTION TO SENECA by John W. Basore
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The Complete Works of
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA
By Delphi Classics, 2014
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Complete Works of Seneca the Younger
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The Tragedies
Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain. In 4 BC Seneca the Younger was born in Cordoba in Hispania. He was the
second son of Helvia and Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the wealthy rhetorician known as Seneca the Elder.
Roman ruins in Cordoba — archaeological site of Cercadilla including the remains of one of Maximian’s
palaces