Epistle Activity in the Ancient World: re-reading the seneca ’s consola tory letters

Authors

  • Ana Teresa Marques Gonçalves FH/UFG
  • Fabrício Dias Gusmão Di Mesquita FH/UFG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/hr.v15i1.10818

Keywords:

Seneca, ethic, consolation, letters.

Abstract

This article intends to discuss some aspects of the consolatory art presents
in three epistles written at the first Century AD during Roman Empire: Ad
Marciam, Ad Heluiam and Ad Polybium. Seneca shows in these letters the ethic’s
principles of stoicism as a way to combat the pains of soul in the Ancient world,
providing important places for historical reflection on the activity of letter writing
in Antiquity.

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Author Biography

  • Ana Teresa Marques Gonçalves, FH/UFG

Published

2010-08-10

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Dossier

How to Cite

GONÇALVES, A. T. M.; DI MESQUITA, F. D. G. Epistle Activity in the Ancient World: re-reading the seneca ’s consola tory letters. História Revista, v. 15, n. 1, 10 Aug.2010.