Brill's Companion to Seneca

Gregor Damschen is a Research Fellow of the SNF at the University of Lucerne and a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Halle. His research focuses on topics in ancient philosophy, epistemology and logic.Andreas Heil is working at the University of Dresden. He is author of Alma Aeneis. Studien zur Vergil- und Statiusrezeption Dante Alighieris (2002), Marcus Valerius Martialis. Epigrammaton liber decimus (2004, with G. Damschen) and Die dramatische Zeit in Senecas Tragödien (in preparation).Contributors: Michael von Albrecht; Mireille Armisen-Marchetti; Andrea Balbo; Margarethe Billerbeck; F.-R. Chaumartin; Gregor Damschen; Joachim Dingel; Catharine Edwards; Anna Maria Ferrero; Rolando Ferri; Susanna Fischer; Marica Frank; Alfons Fürst; Bardo Maria Gauly; Sander M. Goldberg; Margaret R. Graver; Thomas Habinek; G.W.M. Harrison; Andreas Heil; Christoph Kugelmeier; Matthias Laarmann; Mario Lentano; Wolf-Lüder Liebermann; C.A. Littlewood; Gottfried Mader; Ermanno Malaspina; C. W. Marshall; Roland Mayer; Giancarlo Mazzoli; Burkhard Mojsisch; Maria Monteleone; Fritz-Heiner Mutschler; Renata Roncali; Jochen Sauer; E. A. Schmidt; Werner Schubert; John Sellars; Aldo Setaioli; Robert S. Smith; Wilfried Stroh; Karlheinz Töchterle; Chiara Torre; Jula Wildberger; Gareth D. Williams; Michael Winterbottom.

"This almost 900-page introduction to Seneca is a valuable resource even for scholars whose work focuses on Seneca, since it covers the full range of Seneca’s work in philosophy and poetry, a range so wide that no one person can master it. (...) In its comprehensiveness, scholarly depth, and factual density it is very much a work in the Germanic tradition of Pauly-Wissowa, albeit entirely in English." Gregory A. Staley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.09.20."The volume (...) offers much material for several groups of users alike. It contains both informative introductions and deeper analysis. (...) The volume is an impressive achievement and seems indispensable for any serious institutional library of classics." Vincent Hunink, Mnemosyne 08.2015.

• ContentsPrefacePart One – Life and LegacyImago suae vitae: Seneca’s Life and Career Thomas HabinekTheWorks of Seneca the Younger and Their DatesC.W. MarshallTransmission Rolando FerriSeneca and Senecae: Images of Seneca from Antiquity to PresentSeneca the PhilosopherMatthias LaarmannSeneca the DramatistWerner SchubertPart Two - PhilosophyContext: Seneca’s Philosophical Predecessors and Contemporaries John SellarsWorksDe providentia R. Scott SmithDe constantia sapientisR. Scott SmithDe iraMaria MonteleoneConsolatio ad Marciam Jochen SauerDe vita beata Fritz-Heiner MutschlerDe otio R. Scott SmithDe tranquillitate animi Fritz-Heiner MutschlerDe brevitate vitae R. Scott SmithConsolatio ad Polybium Jochen SauerConsolatio ad Helviam Jochen SauerDe clementia Ermanno MalaspinaNaturales quaestiones Gareth D. WilliamsEpistulae morales Aldo SetaioliDe beneficiis Mario LentanoLost and FragmentaryWorksAnna Maria FerreroEpistulae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad SenecamAlfons FürstTopicsOntology and Epistemology Mireille Armisen-MarchettiEthics I: Philosophy as Therapy, Self-Transformation, and “Lebensform”Aldo SetaioliEthics II: Action and Emotion Margaret R. GraverEthics III: Free Will and Autonomy Aldo SetaioliEthics IV: Wisdom and VirtueJula WildbergerEthics V: Death and Time Catharine EdwardsPhysics I: Body and Soul R. Scott SmithPhysics II: Cosmology and Natural PhilosophyBardo Maria GaulyPhysics III: Theology Aldo SetaioliPart Three - TragedyContext Wolf-Lüder LiebermannWorksHercules furensMargarethe BillerbeckTroas Wilfried StrohPhoenissaeMarica FrankMedeaWolf-Lüder LiebermannPhaedra Roland MayerOedipus Karlheinz TöchterleAgamemnonChristoph KugelmeierThyestes Chiara TorreDubiousWorksHercules Oetaeus C.A.J. LittlewoodOctaviaRolando FerriTopicsSpace and Time in Senecan Drama Ernst A. SchmidtVision, Sound, and Silence in the “Drama of theWord” Andreas HeilThe Chorus: Seneca as Lyric Poet Giancarlo MazzoliThe Rhetoric of Rationality and Irrationality Gottfried MaderCharacters G.W.M. HarrisonThemes G.W.M. HarrisonGreek and Roman Elements in Senecan TragedySander M. GoldbergPhilosophical Tragedy? François-Régis ChaumartinPart Four - ApocolocyntosisApocolocyntosis Renata RoncaliPart Five – Other WorksEpigramsJoachim DingelDe vita patrisMichael WinterbottomPart Six - SynthesisSeneca’s Language and StyleMichael von AlbrechtSystematic Connections between Seneca’s PhilosophicalWorks and TragediesSusanna E. FischerList of Journal AbbreviationsBibliographyAndrea Balbo and Ermanno MalaspinaEditions of Seneca’sWorks (Since Haase’s Opera Omnia) ContributorsGeneral Index