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Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive biograph
'Enthralling and profoundly relevant' Salman Rushdie 'Joyful, illuminating and engaging ' Madeline Miller 'A masterclass in translation' Blake Morrison, Guardian How do we give old words new voices? What must a translator lose - an
In this sharp and often entertaining tour through antiquity, Emily Wilsonwhose renditions of Homers Odyssey and Iliad have captured a generations imaginationexplores the complicated terrain of reading and writing about the ancient past. Drawing on twenty
By any measure, Seneca (4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, violent tragedies, from metaphysical theory to moral and po
There were heroic lives and deaths before and after, but none quite like Socrates'. He did not die by sword or spear, braving all to defend home and country, but as a condemned criminal, swallowing a painless dose of poison. And yet Socrates' deat