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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
Drawing on twenty years of scholarship and translation experience, Emily Wilson--renowned translator of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad --explores the difficult choices that translators must make, the pleasures of finding new solutions to old problems, and
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