Seneca Loeb Classic Library 10 volume set

Seneca, Thomas H. Corcoran (translator volume 1), John G. Fitch (editor and translator volumes 1 and 2), J.W. Basore

ISBN 10: 0674997174 / ISBN 13: 9780674997172

Published by Harvard University Press, 2018

About this Item

16mo, 16.5 cm x 11 cm, Volume 1: 456 pp., Volume 2: 496 pp., Volume 3: 532 pp., Volume 4: 467 pp., Volume 5: 480 pp., Volume 6: 463 pp., Volume 7: 297 pp., Volume 8: 523 pp., Volume 9: 663 pp., Volume 10: 312 pp., Volume 1 is "Moral Essays I" and has the LCL number of 214, Volume 2 is "Moral Essays II" and has the LCL number of 254, Volume 3 is Moral Essays III" and has an LCL number of 310, Volume 4 is "Epistles 1-65" and has an LCL number of 75, Volume 5 is "Epistles 66-92" and has an LCL number of 76, Volume 6 is "Epistles 93-124" and has an LCL number of 77, Volume 7 is "Natural Questions Books 1-3" and has an LCL number of 450, Volume 8 is "Tragedies I: Hercules, Trojan Women, Phoenician Women, Medea, Phadra" and has an LCL number of 62, Volume 9 is "Tragedies II: Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes, Hercules on Oeta, Octavia" and has an LCL number of 78, Volume 10 is "Natural Questions Books 4-7" and has an LCL number of 457. Volume 1 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket. Volume 2 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket and a 1.5 cm tear on the upper part of the dust jacket cover and a wrinkle on the upper inner flap corner. Volume 3 has shelf wear on the dust jacket and some toning. The book has some fading on the top and bottom of the fore-edge and some small spotting on the hinges. The price corners are also clipped in the inner front flap. Volume 4 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket. Volume 5 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket and some minor wrinkling on the bottom of the dust jacket spine. Volume 6 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket. Volume 7 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket and a small bump on the bottom of the dust jacket spine and a small white dot on the cover of the book on the upper right. Volume 8 has some shelf wear on the dust jacket and a small chip on the bottom of the dust jacket spine. Volume 10 has some shelf wear on the back of the dust jacket and some wrinkling on the front inner flap of the dust jacket. All of the works are both in Latin and English. Volume 1: Fine, Volume 2: Fine, Volume 3: Very Good pp., Volume 4: Fine, Volume 5: Fine, Volume 6: Fine, Volume 7: Fine, Volume 8: Fine, Volume 9: Fine, Volume 10: Fine Volume 1: Near Fine., Volume 2: Very Good, Volume 3: Very good, Volume 4: Near Fine, Volume 5: Near Fine, Volume 6: Near Fine, Volume 7: Near Fine, Volume 8: Near Fine, Volume 9: Near Fine, Volume 10: Near Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seneca Loeb Classic Library 10 volume set
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0674997174
• ISBN 13: 9780674997172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Loeb Classic Library.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient History
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Spectacular verse drama.

Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor’s megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists.

Seneca’s plays depict intense passions and interactions in rhetoric that is equally strong. Their perspective is much bleaker than that adopted in his prose writings. His plots are based on mythical episodes, in keeping with classical tradition. But the political realities of imperial Rome are also reflected in an obsessive concern with power and dominion over others. The Octavia is our sole surviving example of a Roman historical play; set at Nero’s court, it was probably written by an admirer of Seneca as statesman and dramatist.

John G. Fitch has thoroughly revised his two-volume edition of Seneca’s Tragedies to take account of the textual and interpretive scholarship that has appeared since its initial publication. His translation conveys the force of Seneca’s dramatic language and the lyric quality of his choral odes.

About the Author

John G. Fitch is Professor Emeritus of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria.