Seneca the Elder
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae with corrections and marginal notes by the early humanist Albertino Mussato in the manuscript Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus lat. 1769, fol. 73r (13th / 14th century)
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 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| 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 |