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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsDIALOGUESANDESSAYSLuciusAnnaeusSeneca(c.1bc–ad65)wasborninCorduba,Spain,andeducatedinRome.Plaguedallhislifebyillhealth,heembarkedonapoliticalcareerafterastayinEgypt.In41hewasexiledbytheemperorClaudiusandonlyreturnedtoRomein49,whenhebe
2、cametutortotheyoungNero.TogetherwiththeprefectofthePraetorianGuardSextusAfraniusBurrus,heactedasasenioradvisertoNerountil62,withdrewtoprivatelife,andwasforcedtocommitsuicidein65.Hehadtakenupwritingasayoungman.Hisearliestextanttreatisesdatefromtheperiodbef
3、orehisexile.Hecontinuedtowritethroughouthislifeandwasparticularlyproductiveinhisfinalyears.HistreatisesarerecognizedasthemostimportantbodyofworkonStoicisminLatin.HealsowrotetheLetterstoLuciliusandseveraltragedies,theearliestextantspecimensofthegenreinLatin
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5、ecturers,hedivideshistimebetweenLondonandOxford,whereheteachesClassicstounder-graduatesatBalliolandothercolleges.TobiasReinhardtisFellowandTutorinLatinandGreekatSomervilleCollege,Oxford.HehaspublishedbooksonAristotle,Cicero,and(jointlywithMichaelWinterbot
6、tom)onQuintilian.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-k
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