Ancient
bust of
Seneca, part of a double
herm
(
Antikensammlung
Berlin
)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
(often known simply as
Seneca
, or
Seneca
the Younger
) (c. 4
BC –
AD 65
) was
a
Roman
Stoic
philosopher
,
statesman
,
dramatist
, and in one work
humorist
, of the
Silver
Age of Latin literature
.
He was
tutor and later advisor to emperor
Nero
. He
was later executed by that emperor for complicity
in the
Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate this
last of the Julio-Claudian emperors; however, he may have
been innocent.[1][2]
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
2 Reputation
3 Works
3.1 Seneca's Tragedies
3.2 Dialogues
3.3 Other
4 Seneca as a humanist
saint
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links