Morals and villas in Seneca's Letters : places to dwell /

John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism...

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Tác giả chính: Henderson, John, 1948-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
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Được phát hành: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; chapter one Twelve steps to haven Book 1: Letters 1-11; chapter two Dropping in (it) at seneca's With text and translation of Letter 12; chapter three You can get used to anything Books 2-10; chapter four The long and winding mode Books 14-20 + (Letters 89-124 . . .); chapter five Booking us in Letters 84-88; chapter six Now and then; here and there: at scipio's Text and translation of Letter 86; chapter seven Bound for vatia's Text and translation of Letter 55.