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Definition of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1. Noun. Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Philosopher, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
Derivative terms: Senecan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Literary usage of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Lucius ANNAEUS SENECA, c. 54 BC— c. 39 AD Of his rhetorical works we have about six
... Lucius ANNAEUS SENECA, c. 4 BC— 65 AD From him have come a satire on ..."
2. The Private Life of the Romans by Harold Whetstone Johnston (1903)
"... Lucius Annaeus Seneca, and Lucius Annaeus Mela. So, too, a word used as a
cognomen in one name might be used as a fourth element in another: -for ..."
3. Italy and the Italian Islands: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by William Spalding (1854)
"The mental science of the Latins is represented by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, who
was born at Cordova (ab. BC 1-AD 65); and their physics by Caius Plinius ..."
4. A View of the English Editions, Translations, and Illustrations of the by Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann (1797)
"... The Works both moral and natural of Lucius Annaeus Seneca done into ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca on the ..."
5. History of Philosophy by William Turner (1903)
"It included Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (died AD 68), Aulus Persius Flaccus (AD
34-62), Lucius Annaeus Seneca, and his nephew Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (AD 39-65). ..."
6. Testimonium Animæ: Or, Greek and Roman Before Jesus Christ; a Series of by Ernest Gottlieb Sihler (1908)
"Of these three generations, the middle one will always be most prominent, and of
the three gifted brothers, Lucius Annaeus Seneca is almost universally ..."
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