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Apocolocyntosis: The Pumpkinification of Claudius

By Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Publisher
Duke Classics
ISBN
9781620113295
Language
english
Format
EPUB
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177 kB (181334 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-04 22:12:10
History; Philosophy; Nonfiction; HIS000000; PHI000

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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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