Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Stoic philosopher, playwright and Roman statesman, c. 4 BC-AD 65

Works

Apocolocyntosis (Apocolocyntosis divi Claudii, 54). Satire on the death of Claudius.
Consolation to Helvia (Ad Helviam matrem de consolatione, c. 42). To his mother, from exile in Corsica.
Consolation to Marcia (Ad Marciam de consolatione, c. 40)
Consolation to Polybius (Ad Polybium de consolatione, c. 43)
Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, c. 62-65). One hundred and twenty-four letters.
Natural Questions (Naturales quaestiones, c. 62-64)
On Anger (De ira)
On Benefits (De beneficiis). Seven books.
On Leisure (De otio). The beginning and the end are lost.
On Mercy (De clementia, 55-56). Addressed to Nero.
On Providence (De providentia)
On the Constancy of the Wise Man (De constantia sapientis)
On the Happy Life (De vita beata, c. 58)
On the Shortness of Life (De brevitate vitae)
On Tranquility of Mind (De tranquillitate animi)
Tragedies (Tragoediae). Among them Medea, Phaedra and Thyestes.