Apocolocyntosis by Lucius Annaeus Seneca & W. H. D. Rouse

Apocolocyntosis

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  • Genre Ancient History
  • Publisher The Floating Press
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  • Length 44 Pages

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist, who also acted as a tutor and adviser to emperor Nero. Attributed to Seneca is this political satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, Apocolocyntosis or The Pumpkinification of Claudius. The title, meaning "Pumpkinification" or "Gourdification" is a play upon "apotheosis", the process of recognizing a dead Roman emperor as a god.

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