Editing Seneca the Younger (section)

===Notable fictional portrayals===
[[File:0 Sénèque - Musée du Prado - Cat. 144 - (2).JPG|thumb|upright|Baroque marble imaginary portrait bust of Seneca, by an anonymous sculptor of the 17th century. [[Museo del Prado]]]]

Seneca is a character in [[Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi]]'s 1642 opera ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' (''The Coronation of Poppea''), which is based on the pseudo-Senecan play, ''[[Octavia (play)|Octavia]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|author1-last=Gioia|author1-first=Dana|contribution=Introduction|title=Seneca: The Tragedies|editor1-last=Slavitt|editor1-first=David R.|year=1992|page=xviii|publisher=JHU Press}}</ref>

* In [[Nathaniel Lee]]'s 1675 play ''Nero, Emperor of Rome'', Seneca attempts to dissuade Nero from his egomaniacal plans, but is dragged off to prison, dying off-stage.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ker|2009|p=220}}</ref> 
* Seneca appears in [[Robert Bridges]]' verse drama ''Nero'', the second part of which (published 1894) culminates in Seneca's death.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bridges|first=Robert|title=Nero, Part II. From the death of Burrus to the death of Seneca, comprising the conspiracy of Piso|url=https://archive.org/details/nerofromdeathofb02bridrich|year=1894|publisher=George Bell and Sons}}</ref> 
* Seneca also appears in a fairly minor role in [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]]'s 1896 novel ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]'' and was played by [[Nicholas Hannen (actor)|Nicholas Hannen]] in [[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|the 1951 film]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rome, season one: History makes television|first=Monica Silveira|last=Cyrino|page=195|year=2008|publisher=Blackwell}}</ref> 
* In Robert Graves's 1934 book ''[[Claudius the God]]'', the sequel novel to ''[[I, Claudius]]'', Seneca is portrayed as an unbearable sycophant.<ref>{{Harvnb|Citti|2015|p=316}}</ref> He is shown as a flatterer who converts to Stoicism solely to appease Claudius's own ideology. The "Pumpkinification" (''Apocolocyntosis'') to Graves thus becomes an unbearable work of flattery to the loathsome Nero, mocking a man that Seneca groveled to for years. 
* The historical novel ''Chariot of the Soul'' by [[Linda Proud]] features Seneca as tutor of the young Togidubnus, son of King Verica of the Atrebates, during his ten-year stay in Rome.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chariot of the Soul|last=Proud|first=Linda|publisher=Godstow Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1907651137|location=Oxford|oclc=1054834598}}</ref>
* The 2023 film ''[[Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes]]'' focuses on the final days of Seneca, portrayed by [[John Malkovich]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/seneca-on-the-creation-of-earthquakes-review-john-malkovich-1235330258/ | title='Seneca — on the Creation of Earthquakes' Review: John Malkovich Travels Back to Nero's Rome in Misconceived Historical Fantasy | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=20 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/seneca-on-the-creation-of-earthquakes-berlin-review/5179434.article | title='Seneca - on the Creation of Earthquakes': Berlin Review }}</ref>
* In Simon Scarrow's 2020 novel 'The Emperor's Exile', the 19th book in the Eagles of Rome series, Seneca sends the hero of the books, Prefect Cato, to Sardinia to escort Nero's mistress into exile and to defeat the brigands who terrorise the island. Throughout the series of books we learn that the man who whispers in the Emperor's ear is the real power behind the throne but that power often proves fatal to the bearer.