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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C–A.D. 65) was a Roman statesman, Stoic philosopher, and dramatist. He served as an advisor to Nero; upon his implication in a plot to assassinate the emperor, he was compelled to commit suicide --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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Apocolocyntosis - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Apocolocyntosis
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SENECA
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS,
OR LUDUS DE MORTE CLAUDII : THE PUMPKINIFICATION OF CLAUDIUS.
INTRODUCTION
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This piece is ascribed to Seneca by ancient tradition; it is impossible to prove that it is his, and impossible to prove that it is not. The matter will probably continue to be decided by every one according to his view of Seneca's character and abilities: in the matters of style and of sentiment much may be said on both sides. Dion Cassius (lx, 35) says that Seneca composed an [Greek: apokolokintosis] or Pumpkinification of Claudius after his death, the title being a parody of the usual [Greek: apotheosis] ; but this title is not given in the MSS. of the Ludus de Morte Claudii, nor is there anything in the piece which suits the title very well.
As a literary form, the piece belongs to the class called Satura Menippea, a satiric medley in prose and verse.
This text is that of Buecheler, with a few trifling changes, which are indicated in the notes. We have been courteously allowed by Messrs Weidmann to use this text. I have to acknowledge the help of Mr. Ball's notes, from which I have taken a few references; but my translation was made many years ago.
W.H.D. ROUSE.
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Editio Princeps: Lucii Annaei Senecae in morte Claudii Caesaris Ludus nuper repertus: Rome, 1513.
Latest critical text: Franz Buecheler, Weidmann, 1904 (a reprint with