Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C-65 A.D.)
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Description: A biography of the Roman tragedian and analysis of his works; includes a list of related links.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C.-65 A.D.) LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA (3 B.C.-65 A.D.) attributed to Seneca are the only surviving specimens of Latin tragic drama. They were probably written by the philosopher of that name, who was born in Cordova, Spain, in the third year of our era. He was a brilliant youth, studying law and the Greek poets. Early in life he attached himself to the Stoics, later to the Pythagoreans. His remarkable oratory in the Roman courts of law awakened the jealousy of the Emperor Caligula, who hinted that the philosopher-orator would be in better health away from Rome. Consequently Seneca went into exile from which he was recalled, after the death of Caligula, by Agrippina, who placed him as tutor to her son Nero, the heir apparent. In this post of advantage Seneca gained fame and wealth. For five years or so during the early days of Nero's reign, the power of Seneca, and his colleague Burrus, was second only to Nero himself.
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| Page title: | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C.-65 A.D.) |
| Keywords: | seneca, lucius annaeus, tragedies, praetexta, latin, tragic drama, caligula, agrippina, nero, burrus, agamemnon, oedipus, euripides, aeschylus, sophocles, medea, mad hercules, trojan women, hecuba, plays, chorus, plautus, terence |
| Description: | A biography of the Roman playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca; includes a list of related links. |
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