Four Tragedies And Octavia

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca The Younger, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Philosophus, Edward F Watling

Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty...

Letters From A Stoic

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca The Younger, Seneca; Translated By Robin Campbell, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robin Campbell (Trans.)

"It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us...without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry."For several years of his turbulent life, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Emp...

Petronius / The Satyricon - Seneca / The Apocolocyntosis

By Seneca, Petronius, Petronius Arbiter

The Satyricon/Seneca, The Apocolocyntosis

By Seneca, Petronius, Petronius Arbiter, Petronius. And, The Apocolocyntosis / Seneca, Translated With Introductions And Notes By J.P. Sullivan

Perhaps the strangest and most strikingly modern work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to rega...

Seneca In English

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca The Younger

Envied by Caligula, exiled by Claudius and finally executed by his pupil Nero, the playwright and philosopher Seneca the Younger (c. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65) wrote in a violent, epigrammatic and extreme sty...

Great Ideas On The Shortness Of Life

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca The Younger

Timeless advice on the art of living well, from the celebrated Penguin Great Ideas seriesThe writings of the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into stoicism, morality and the...

Letters From A Stoic

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca; Translated By Robin Campbell

A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily success...

On The Shortness Of Life

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca The Younger

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened,...

Six Tragedies

By Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes Seneca's plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor...

Dialogues And Essays

By Seneca, Tobias Reinhardt, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca The Younger, Seneca & Tobias Reinhardt Reinhardt & John Davie

Alain de Botton's bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy--later made into a six-part TV series--has helped popularize ancient philosophy and especially the work of Seneca. This superb volume o...