Volume IX. Tragedies II: Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules Oetaeus. Phoenissae. Octavia (Loeb Classical Library) [Hardcover]

Seneca (Editor), Frank J. Miller (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1917 | Series: Loeb Classical Library (Book 78)

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION (20050126)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Fine and effective, the translation is remarkable for accuracy, clarity, precision of detail, and concision
--Roland Ferri (Bryn Mawr Classical Review )

Product Details

• Hardcover: 548 pages
• Publisher: Loeb Classical Library (January 1, 1917)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0674990870
• ISBN-13: 978-0674990876
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,787,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born in Spain around 4BC. He rose to prominence at Rome, pursuing a double career in the courts and political life, until Claudius sent him into exile exile on the island of Corsica for eight years. Recalled in AD49, he was appointed tutor to the boy who was to become, in AD54, the emperor Nero. Seneca acted for eight years as Nero's unofficial chief minister until Nero too turned against him and he retired from public life to devote himself to philosophy and writing. In AD65, following the discovery of a plot against the emperor, he and many others were compelled by Nero to commit suicide.