Apocolocyntosis

Apocolocyntosis
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1775414647

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist, who also acted as a tutor and adviser to emperor Nero. Attributed to Seneca is this political satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, Apocolocyntosis or The Pumpkinification of Claudius. The title, meaning "Pumpkinification" or "Gourdification" is a play upon "apotheosis", the process of recognizing a dead Roman emperor as a god.

The Cambridge Companion to Seneca

The Cambridge Companion to Seneca
Author: Shadi Bartsch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2015-02-16
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1107035058

This Companion examines the complete works of Seneca in context and establishes the importance of his legacy in Western thought.

The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World

The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World
Author: George Alexander Kennedy
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725222418

Recipient of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit from the American Philological Association in 1975. The Goodwin Award is the only honor for scholarly achievement given by the Association. It is presented at the Annual Meeting for an outstanding contribution to classical scholarship published by a member of the association within a period of three years before the ending of the preceding calendar year. "A remarkable and valuable achievement, balanced in judgment and attractively presented." Journal of Roman Studies, "This book is a reissue of the important 1972 work on the development of Greek and Latin oratory and rhetorical theory... Many students of the classics, and people interested in later European literatures as well, will find themselves turning to it again and again." The Times Literary Supplement

The Classical Review

The Classical Review
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1911
Genre: Classical literature
ISBN:

This companion to the Classical Quarterly contains reviews of new work dealing with the literatures and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. Over 300 books are reviewed each year.

Striking New Images

Striking New Images
Author: Larry Joseph Kreitzer
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781850756231

The eight chapters of this volume explore the contribution that numismatic studies can make to a serious investigation of the New Testament and its world. The first two chapters focus on themes connected with the reign of the Julio-Claudian emperors, the next three on aspects of Pauline letters that may be illuminated by specific issues of Roman coinage, and the final three concentrate on coinage minted during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.