The Elder Seneca

THE ELDER SENECA
CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works
I. Declamation in Rome
	1. The Greek Origins of Declamation
	2. Origins and Development of Declamation in Rome
	3. The Suasoria
	4. The Schools of Rhetoric in Rome
II. The Life of the Elder Seneca
	1. Sources
	2. Career of Seneca
	3. Character, Philosophy, and Politics
	4. Views of the Republic and the Principate
III. The Controversiae and Suasoriae
	1. Title and Text
	2. Sententiae, Divisions, Colors
		Sententiae
		Division
		Colors
	3. Format
	4. Structure and Unity
		The Prefaces: Content and Form
		The Prefaces: Relationship to Other Latin Prose Prefaces
		The Body of the Controversiae and Suasoriae: arrangement, relative size and length of parts, use of examples
		Overall Principles and Unity
		The Controversiae
		The Suasorie
	5. Controversiae and Suasoriae: Sources
	6. Objectives
		The Decline of Eloquence: A Cure?
		Other Objectives
	7. Publication and Date of Composition
IV. Seneca on Eloquence
	1. Overview
	2. Critical Tools and Method
	3. Formal Criticism
		Invention
		Arrangement
		Style
		Memory
		Delivery
V. The Histories
	1. Scope
	2. Composition and Publication
	3. Content
	4. Sources
VI. The Elder Seneca: Afterwards
	1. Influence upon the Roman Declamation Collections
	2. Influence upon Roman Literary Criticism
	3. Influence upon Latin Literature
	4. Influence in the Late Classical Period through the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Bibliographical Note
General Index
Index of Major Passages Cited in Seneca