Seneca the Elder

by Janet Fairweather

Book Overview

A feature of Roman rhetorical education under the early empire was the dominance of the declamatio - the declamation on a mythological, historical or quasi-legal theme designed in the first place to train students for the law courts and political debating but indulged in for its own sake by amateurs as well as students and teachers of rhetoric. The elder Seneca, father of the philosopher and dramatist, compiled an anthology of the often bizarre utterances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521044359
• ISBN13: 9780521044356
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"