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Dec 15, 2017 · The boy from Cordoba. Seneca the Younger was born some time between 8 and 1 BC. Most teachings put it at 4 BC, in Cordoba, Spain. He was born to a family of great wealth and considerable talent in the field of rhetoric and literature. One of the factors that may well have upheld his influence through the ages is his family’s ties to Christianity.
“Thyestes” is a tragedy by the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger, probably written late in his career, around 62 CE.One of the few of Seneca’s plays not obviously following a Greek original, and often considered his masterpiece, it tells the story of the rivalry between the twin brothers, Atreus and Thyestes, over the throne of the city of Mycenae, and its culmination when Atreus kills ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca ( Seneca the Younger) Circa 4 b.c.e. -65 c.e. Author, philosopher, and imperial tutor. Sources. Exile and Redemption. Seneca was born circa 4 B.C.E. at Corduba in Spain, and educated at Rome. Seneca became a well-known author and orator, and was long associated with the Julio-Claudian family.
Seneca’s father, Seneca the Elder, was a well-known Roman writer and teacher. He instilled in his son a love of literature and a passion for learning. Seneca the Younger was a gifted student and quickly advanced in his studies. He became well-versed in the works of the great Greek and Roman philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero.
Feb 23, 2023 · Seneca (4 BC–65 AD), formally known as Seneca Lucius Annaeus or Seneca the Younger, is best remembered as an influential Stoic philosopher, powerful statesman, and a noted playwright in Ancient Rome. Born in Hispania (modern day Spain), but moved to Rome around 5 AD. He undertook the education afforded to Rome’s elite class, consisting of ...
Seneca the Elder. Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder ( / ˈsɛnɪkə / SEN-ik-ə; c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), also known as Seneca the Rhetorician, was a Roman writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Corduba, Hispania. He wrote a collection of reminiscences about the Roman schools of rhetoric, six books of which are extant in a more or less ...
