Seneca the Elder
Lucius (or Marcus ) Annaeus Seneca , also called Seneca the Elder , Seneca Maior or Seneca Rhetor (* approx. 54 BC in Córdoba ; † approx. 39 AD) was a Roman rhetorician , rhetor , writer and official . He was the father of Seneca the Younger and Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus and the grandfather of the poet Lucan .
Works
His main works, created as old works, are:
- Controversiae (Controversies), a ten-volume work that presents 74 legal cases dealt with by rhetors - mostly verbatim - and is one of the most important sources of information on practical rhetoric at the time.
- Suasoriae (advice), shows the discussion with arguments and counter-arguments in seven cases.
In addition, some fragments have been preserved that refer to other works, e.g. a. a history of Rome. Fragments of the historical work Historiae ab initio bellorum civilium could be identified on papyrus fragments from Herculaneum .
Individual evidence
Editions, translations and commentaries
- Michael Winterbottom (Ed.): The elder Seneca. Declamations in 2 volumes , Cambridge (Mass.) 1974.
- Lennart Håkanson (Ed.): L. Annaeus Seneca maior. Oratorum et rhetorum sententiae divisiones colores , Leipzig 1989.
- Seneca the Elder: Sentences, classifications, coloring of speakers and speaking teachers , transl. And note by Otto and Eva Schönberger, Würzburg 2004.
- Stefan Feddern (ed.): The Suasorien of the elder Seneca. Introduction, text and commentary , Berlin [u. a.] 2013.
literature
- Michael von Albrecht : History of Roman literature from Andronicus to Boethius and its continued effect . Volume 2. 3rd, improved and expanded edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-026525-5 , pp. 1057-1066
- Miriam Griffin : The elder Seneca and Spain. In: Journal of Roman Studies 62, 1972, pp. 1-19.
- Lewis A. Sussman: The elder Seneca , Leiden 1978.
- Janet Fairweather: Seneca the Elder , Cambridge 1981.
- DR Shackleton Bailey : More on Seneca the Elder. In: Philologus 137, 1993, pp. 38-52.
- Seneca d. Ä., Lucius Annaeus. In: Author's Lexicon . Volume VIII, Col. 1078 ff.
Web links
Wikiquote: Seneca d.Ä. - Quotes
Wikisource: Seneca the Elder - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Seneca the Elder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Seneca in the Latin original (The Latin Library)
- Publications from and about Seneca the Elder in VD 17 .
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SURNAME | Seneca the Elder |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seneca the rhetorician; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (real name); Annaeus Seneca, Lucius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman rhetorician and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 54 BC Chr. |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cordoba , today Spain |
DATE OF DEATH | at 39 |