Declamations - 9780674995109

Seneca the Elder (?55 BCE-40 CE) collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. Extracts from famous declaimers of Seneca's illuminate influences on the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the Empire.

• | By (Author): Seneca The Elder
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 31, 1974
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 560 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674995104
• | ISBN-13: 9780674995109