A report on Seneca the Younger

Ancient bust of Seneca, part of the Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca
Modern statue of Seneca in Córdoba
Nero and Seneca, by Eduardo Barrón (1904). Museo del Prado
Manuel Domínguez Sánchez, The suicide of Seneca (1871), Museo del Prado
Lodovico Lana, Death of Seneca, National Gallery of Art
First page of the Naturales Quaestiones, made for the Catalan-Aragonese court
Woodcut illustration of the suicide of Seneca and the attempted suicide of his wife Pompeia Paulina
Naturales quaestiones, 1522
Plato, Seneca, and Aristotle in a medieval manuscript illustration (c. 1325–35)
The "Pseudo-Seneca", a Roman bust found at Herculaneum, one of a series of similar sculptures known since the Renaissance, once identified as Seneca. Now commonly identified as Hesiod
"Seneca", ancient hero of the modern Córdoba; this architectural roundel in Seville is based on the "Pseudo-Seneca" (illustration above)
Baroque marble imaginary portrait bust of Seneca, by an anonymous sculptor of the 17th century. Museo del Prado

Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

- Seneca the Younger
Ancient bust of Seneca, part of the Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca

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Title page of the 1615 edition

The Spanish Tragedy

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Mad Again is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd between 1582 and 1592.

Mad Again is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd between 1582 and 1592.

Title page of the 1615 edition

Many writers influenced The Spanish Tragedy, notably Seneca and those from the Medieval tradition.

Michel de Montaigne, 1570s

Michel de Montaigne

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One of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance.

One of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance.

Michel de Montaigne, 1570s
Michel de Montaigne, 1570s
The coat of arms of Michel Eyquem, Lord of Montaigne
Journey to Italy by Michel de Montaigne 1580–1581
Michel de Montaigne
Student taking notes on Montaigne's Essays at Shimer College
Château de Montaigne, a house built on the land once owned by Montaigne's family; his original family home no longer exists, although the tower in which he wrote still stands
The Tour de Montaigne (Montaigne's tower), where Montaigne's library was located, remains mostly unchanged since the sixteenth century
Portrait of around 1565 by an anonymous artist
Portrait of Michel de Montaigne around 1578 by Dumonstier
Portrait of 1587 by Étienne Martellange
Portrait of around 1590 by an anonymous artist

Most parallels between the two may be explained, however, as commonplaces: as similarities with writers in other nations to the works of Cervantes and Shakespeare could be due simply to their own study of Latin moral and philosophical writers such as Seneca the Younger, Horace, Ovid, and Virgil.

Wilson in 2015

Emily Wilson (classicist)

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British classicist and the Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

British classicist and the Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Wilson in 2015

Wilson's next works primarily focused on Rome's tragic playwright Seneca.

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The Death of Seneca (David)

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1773 painting by Jacques-Louis David, now at the Petit Palais in Paris.

1773 painting by Jacques-Louis David, now at the Petit Palais in Paris.

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It shows the suicide of Seneca the Younger.

Aphorism

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Concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

Concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

Seneca the Younger: Roman Stoic philosopher.