Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Dialogi [Dialogues]

Spyridon Tzounakas (University of Cyprus)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Jula Wildberger (The American University of Paris)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 43 - c. 65

Places

Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire) (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Treatise

Resources

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 1 BC – AD 65) is considered to be the most important Roman philosopher. Along with his Epistles to Lucilius, the work of his maturity, a large part of his fame should be attributed to his Dialogi [Dialogues], a 12-book collection of ten philosophical treatises. Their titles, in the order in which they are found in both the manuscript tradition and modern editions, run as follows: De providentia, De constantia sapientis, De ira (3 books), Ad Marciam de consolatione, De vita beata, De otio, De tranquillitate animi, De brevitate vitae, Consolatio ad Polybium, Ad Helviam matrem de consolatione. The collection’s …

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Citation: Tzounakas, Spyridon. "Dialogi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 September 2015 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35605, accessed 14 May 2024.]

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