"A welcome addition to the existing English translations of Seneca's works [and] one of the best...for students or non-specialists." тАФ Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCEтАУ65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores SenecaтАФwhose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo EmersonтАФto his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities.
Anger, Mercy, Revenge comprises three key writings: the moral essays "On Anger" and 'On Clemency"тАФwhich were penned as advice for the then young emperor, NeroтАФand the Apocolocyntosis, a brilliant satire lampooning the end of the reign of Claudius. Friend and tutor, as well as philosopher, Seneca welcomed the age of Nero in tones alternately serious, poetic, and comicтАФmaking Anger, Mercy, Revenge a work just as complicated, astute, and ambitious as its author.
"The translations strike that difficult balance between fidelity to the original and natural English idiom.....An admirable effort to bring Seneca to a wider audience." тАФ Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Faithful and lively." тАФ Choice