Editing Seneca the Younger (section)

==Works==
Works attributed to Seneca include 12 philosophical essays, 124 [[Epistulae morales ad Lucilium|letters]] dealing with [[moral]] issues, nine [[tragedy|tragedies]], and a [[satire]], the attribution of which is disputed.<ref>Brockett, O. (2003), ''History of the Theatre'': Ninth Ed. Allyn and Bacon. p. 50</ref> His authorship of ''Hercules on Oeta'' has also been questioned.

===Seneca's tragedies===
''[[Fabulae crepidatae]]'' (tragedies with Greek subjects):
* ''[[Hercules (Seneca)|Hercules]]'' or ''Hercules furens'' (''The Madness of Hercules'')
* ''[[Troades (Seneca)|Troades]]'' (''The Trojan Women'')
* ''[[Phoenissae (Seneca)|Phoenissae]]'' (''The Phoenician Women'')
* ''[[Medea (Seneca)|Medea]]''
* ''[[Phaedra (Seneca)|Phaedra]]''
* ''[[Oedipus (Seneca)|Oedipus]]''
* ''[[Agamemnon (Seneca)|Agamemnon]]''
* ''[[Thyestes (Seneca)|Thyestes]]''
* ''[[Hercules Oetaeus]]'' (''Hercules on Oeta''): generally considered not written by Seneca. First rejected by [[Daniël Heinsius]].

''[[Fabula praetexta]]'' (tragedy in Roman setting):
* ''[[Octavia (play)|Octavia]]'': almost certainly not written by Seneca (at least in its final form) since it contains accurate prophecies of both his and Nero's deaths.<ref>R Ferri ed., ''Octavia'' (2003) pp. 5–9</ref> This play closely resembles Seneca's plays in style, but was probably written some time after Seneca's death (perhaps under [[Vespasian]]) by someone influenced by Seneca and aware of the events of his lifetime.<ref>H J Rose, ''A Handbook of Latin Literature'' (London 1967) p. 375</ref> Though attributed textually to Seneca, the attribution was early questioned by [[Petrarch]],<ref>R Ferri ed., ''Octavia'' (2003) p. 6</ref> and rejected by [[Justus Lipsius]].

===Essays and letters===

====Essays====

''Traditionally given in the following order:''
# (64) ''[[De Providentia]]'' (''On providence'') – addressed to Lucilius
# (55) ''[[De Constantia Sapientis]]'' (''On the Firmness of the Wise Person'') – addressed to Serenus
# (41) ''[[De Ira]]'' (''On anger'') – A study on the consequences and the control of anger – addressed to his brother Novatus
# (book 2 of the ''De Ira'')
# (book 3 of the ''De Ira'')
# (40) ''[[Ad Marciam, De consolatione]]'' (''To Marcia, On Consolation'') – Consoles her on the death of her son
# (58) ''[[De Vita Beata]]'' (''On the Happy Life'') – addressed to Gallio
# (62) ''[[De Otio]]'' (''On Leisure'') – addressed to Serenus
# (63) ''[[De Tranquillitate Animi]]'' (''On the tranquillity of mind'') – addressed to Serenus
# (49) ''[[De Brevitate Vitae (Seneca)|De Brevitate Vitæ]]'' (''On the shortness of life'') – Essay expounding that any length of life is sufficient if lived wisely – addressed to Paulinus
# (44) ''[[Seneca's Consolations|De Consolatione ad Polybium]]'' (''To Polybius, On consolation'') – Consoling him on the death of his brother.
# (42) ''[[Seneca's Consolations|Ad Helviam matrem, De consolatione]]'' (''To mother Helvia, On consolation'') – Letter to his mother consoling her on his absence during exile.

====Other essays====
* (56) ''[[De Clementia]]'' (''On Clemency'') – written to [[Nero]] on the need for [[clemency]] as a [[virtue]] in an emperor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/sen.clem.shtml |title=Seneca: On Clemency |work=Thelatinlibrary.com |access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>
* (63) ''[[De Beneficiis]]'' (''On Benefits'') [seven books]
* (–) ''De Superstitione'' (''On Superstition'') – lost, but quoted from in [[Saint Augustine]]'s [[The City of God|City of God]] 6.10–6.11.

====Letters====
* (64) {{lang|la|[[Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium]]}} – collection of 124 letters, sometimes divided into 20 books, dealing with moral issues written to [[Lucilius Junior]]. This work has possibly come down to us incomplete; the miscellanist Aulus Gellius refers, in his ''Noctes Atticae'' (12.2), to a 'book 22'.

====Other====
[[File:Seneca, Lucius Annaeus – Naturales quaestiones, 1522 – BEIC 4698971.jpg|thumb|''[[Naturales quaestiones]]'', 1522]]
* (54) ''[[Apocolocyntosis|Apocolocyntosis divi Claudii]]'' (''The Gourdification of the Divine Claudius''), a satirical work.
* (63) ''[[Naturales quaestiones]]'' [seven books] an insight into ancient theories of [[cosmology]], [[meteorology]], and similar subjects.

====Spurious====
* (58–62/370?) ''[[Epistle to Seneca the Younger|Cujus etiam ad Paulum apostolum leguntur epistolae]]:'' These letters, allegedly between Seneca and St Paul, were revered by early authorities, but modern scholarship rejects their authenticity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/tixeront/section1-3.html#epistles |title=Apocryphal epistles |work=Earlychristianwritings.com |date=2 February 2006 |access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref><ref>[[Joseph Barber Lightfoot]] (1892) [http://www.biblestudytools.com/classics/lightfoot-dissertations-on-the-apostolic-age/st-paul-and-seneca.html St Paul and Seneca] ''Dissertations on the Apostolic Age''</ref>

===Editions===
* {{Cite book|title=Naturales quaestiones|volume=|publisher=eredi Aldo Manuzio (1.) & Andrea Torresano (1.)|location=Venezia|year=1522|language=la|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=4698971}}