The elder Seneca declamations : in two volumes

Author(s)

• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 55 B.C.-ca. 39 A.D.
• Winterbottom, Michael

Bibliographic Information

The elder Seneca declamations : in two volumes

translated by M. Winterbottom

（The Loeb classical library, 463-464）

Harvard University Press , W. Heinemann, 1974

• v. 1 : us
• v. 1 : uk
• v. 2 : us
• v. 2 : uk

Other Title

Oratorum et rhetorum sententiae, divisiones, colores

Controversiarum

Suasoriarum

Controversiae

Suasoriae

Seneca the elder declamations

Note

Latin text and parallel English translation on opposite pages

Translation of: Oratorum et rhetorum sententiae, divisiones, colores

1999 printing (v. 1. reprinted) has title: Seneca the elder declamations

Contents: v. 1. Controversiae, books 1-6 -- v. 2. Controversiae, books 7-10, Suasoriae

Bibliography: v. 1, p. xxv

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an import from Greece: declamation, the making of practice speeches on imaginary subjects. There were two types of such speeches: controversiae on law-court themes, suasoriae on deliberative topics. On both types a prime source of our knowledge is the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Spaniard from Cordoba, father of the distinguished philosopher. Towards the end of his long life (?55 BCE ?40 CE) he collected together ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. These books contained his memories of the famous rhetorical teachers and practitioners of his day: their lines of argument, their methods of approach, their idiosyncrasies, and above all their epigrams. The extracts from the declaimers, though scrappy, throw invaluable light on the influences that coloured the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the Empire. Unity is provided by Seneca's own contribution, the lively prefaces, engaging anecdote about speakers, writers and politicians, and brisk criticism of declamatory excess.

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Details

• NCID: BA0091184X
• ISBN:
  • 0674995104
  • 0434994634
  • 0674995112
  • 0434994642
• LCCN: 74166313
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: lateng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.,London
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 17 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA6156.S4
  • LCC : PA6659
  • DC : 080 s
  • DC : 340.5/4
  • NDLC : KE211
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00254115