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