The deaths of Seneca [[electronic resource] /] / James Ker
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| Autore: |
Ker James <1970->
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| Titolo: |
The deaths of Seneca [[electronic resource] /] / James Ker
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (428 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 872.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Statesmen - Rome |
| Philosophers - Rome | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Historical Narratives; Part II: Seneca the Author; Part III: Receptions; Part IV: Three Themes; Epilogue; Editions of Primary Texts; Bibliography; Index of Passages; General Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured -- and most revisited -- death scenes from classical antiquity. After fruitlessly opening his veins and drinking hemlock, Seneca finally succumbed to death in a stifling steam bath, while his wife Paulina, who had attempted suicide as well, was bandaged up and revived by Nero's men. From the first century to the present day, writers and artists have retold this scene in order to rehearse and revise Seneca's image and writings, and to scrutinize the event of human death. In The Deaths of Seneca, James Ker offers t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The deaths of Seneca |
| ISBN: | 0-19-988900-7 |
| 0-19-995969-2 | |
| 1-282-32889-1 | |
| 9786612328893 | |
| 0-19-973949-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996216183003316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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