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Seneca the Younger Flashcards

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How many Dialogi does Seneca the Younger have?

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twelve

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How many books of Consolatio are in Seneca’s Dialogi?

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three

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To whom does Seneca address in De Consolatione ad Marciam?

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the daughter of the historian Cremutius Cordus

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What does Seneca try to console his addressee about in De Consolatione ad Marciam?

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the loss of her son

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When was De Consolatione ad Marciam written?

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40 A.D.

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To whom does Seneca address De Consolatione ad Helviam Matrem?

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Helvia (his mother)

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What does Seneca try to console his addressee about in De Consolatione ad Helviam Matrem?

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his exile (tries to convince her it isn’t too bad)

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When was De Consolatione ad Helviam Matrem written?

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42 A.D.

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To whom does address is De Consolatione ad Polybium?

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a freedman of Claudius

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What was Seneca trying to console his addressee about in De Consolatione ad Polybium?

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the death of his brother

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Why did Seneca write De Consolatione ad Polybium?

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to flatter Claudius into letting him return from exile

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11
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How many booms are in Seneca’s De Ira?

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three

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To whom does Seneca address his De Ira?

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his brother Novatus (also known as Gallio)

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What is the subject of Seneca’s De Ira?

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human passion, the cruelty of Caligula (the third talks specifically about anger)

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When did Seneca write De Consolatione ad Polybium?

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43 A.D.

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To whom does Seneca dedicate De Vita Beata?

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Novatus

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What is the subject of Seneca’s De Vita Beata?

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happiness, justifies the use of wealth in the pursuit of virtue (nemo sapientiam paupertate damnavit / no one has condemned wisdom to poverty)

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To whom does Seneca address his De Constantia Sapientis?

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Serenus (his friend)

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What is the subject of De Constantia Sapientis?

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it applauds Serenus’s imperturbability

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When was De Constantia Sapientis written?

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post 41 A.D.

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20
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What is the subject of De Tranquillitate Animi?

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Seneca’s participation in political life

21
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To whom is Seneca’s De Tranquillitate Animi addressed?

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Annaeus Serenus

22
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When does De Tranquillitate Animi take place?

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shortly before 62 A.D.

23
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What is the subject of De Otio?

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the choice of a withdrawn life

24
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To whom is Seneca’s De Otio addressed?

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Annaeus Serenus

25
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When is De Otio probably written?

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62 A.D. (the year of Seneca’s withdrawal from political life)

26
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Who does Seneca address De Brevitate Vitae?

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Paulinus (the prefect charge of food supply and related to Seneca’s second wife)

27
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What is the subject of De Brevitate Vitae?

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the problem of time

28
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When is De Brevitate Vitae set?

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49-52 A.D.

29
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To whom is Ad Lucilium de Providentia?

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Lucilius (of the Epistulae)

30
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What does Seneca assert in Ad Lucilium de Providentia?

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bad things happen to good people to exercise and test their virtues

31
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To whom is De Beneficiis dedicated?

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Aebutius Liberalis

32
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How many books are in De Beneficiis?

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seven

33
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When did Seneca finish De Beneficiis?

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in 64 A.D.

34
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What is the topic of Seneca’s De Beneficiis?

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the nature of beneficence, the link between the benefactor and the benefitted, the obligations of gratitude, and the moral consequences that befall the ungrateful

35
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To what did De Beneficiis have a veiled allusion?

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Seneca’s relationship with Cicero

36
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Who did Seneca address in De Beneficiis?

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the upper class

37
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To whom is De Clementia dedicated?

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Nero (when he was a young emperor, 55-56)

38
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How many books are in De Clementia?

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three books

39
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What is the subject of De Clementia?

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the fact that an absolute monarch can only rely on his conscience and the importance of clemency (praises Nero’s mildness)

40
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To what does De Clementia allude?

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Nero’s first five years (Quinquennium Neronis)

41
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To whom does Seneca address in Epistulae Morales?

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Lucilius

42
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How many books are in Seneca’s Epistulae Moralis?

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20 books (with 124 letters)

43
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What model does Seneca’s Epistulae Morales strive to match?

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Epicurus

44
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How many books are in the Naturales Quaestiones?

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7 books

45
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To whom is Naturales Quaestiones addressed?

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Lucilius

46
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What is Naturales Quaestiones?

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natural phenomena relating to the four elements

47
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What are two alternative names for Apocolocyntosis?

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Ludus de Morte Claudii
&
Divi Claudii Apotheosis per Saturam

48
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Which Greek word does Apocolocyntosis reference?

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kolokynta (meaning pumpkin)

49
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According to Dio Cassius, what is Apocolocyntosis?

A

a parody of the deification of Claudius, meaning the pumpkinification of Claudius

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