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Seneca: Four Dialogues

with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by C. D. N. Costa~

The Dialogues were an important medium for the spreading of Greek philosophical theories to the Roman world and to subsequent ages. This selection is of complete, not excerpted, dialogues. The commentary concentrates on subject matter and the philosophical ideas informing the treatises, though help is also given where needed on grammatical and lexical points. The four chosen dialogues give a fair idea of the range of Seneca's philosophical interests and of his didactic techniques. This is the first serious commentary in English on any of Seneca's Dialogues since Duff (1915). Latin text with facing translation, commentary and notes. 218pp (Aris and Phillips 1994)

Table of Contents

Preface
INTRODUCTION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FOUR DIALOGUES:
De Vita Beata
De Tranquillitate Animi
De Constantia Sapientis
Ad Helviam Matrem de Consolatione

APPARATUS CRITICUS
COMMENTARY
INDEX

Biographical Note

C.D.N. Costa was Professor of Classics at the University of Birmingham and author of Seneca 17 Letters in this series. His publications include Greek Fictional Letters (2001) and a Penguin translation of a selection Seneca letters and dialogues (1997).

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