Studies on the Text of Seneca's De beneficiis

by Robert A. Kaster

Overview

Studies on the Text of Seneca's De beneficiis is a companion volume to Kaster's Oxford Classical Texts critical edition of Seneca's De beneficiis, the first new edition in nearly a century. De beneficiis is the most detailed treatment surviving from antiquity of the proper ways to show favour to others and to express gratitude when one has been favoured. After a survey of the documentary resources (medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and earlier printed editions) on which our knowledge of the text depends, the core of the book-seven chapters, one for each of the treatise's seven books—treats 200 passages where the Latin text is or has been thought to be corrupt and clarifies the reasons for favouring the reading adopted in the new edition. Three appendices treat further matters of detail. Three indexes detailing passages discussed or cited, personal names, and manuscripts and editions provide a useful guide for the reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192845016
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/02/2022
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	9.55(w) x 6.43(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Robert A. Kaster, Princeton University

Robert A. Kaster A is is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Emeritus Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin at Princeton University. He began his university teaching career at the University of Chicago, where he was the Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, before joining the Princeton faculty in 1997. His research focuses on Roman rhetoric, the history of ancient education, Roman ethics, and textual criticism.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Text's Documentary Basis1. Book One2. Book Two3. Book Three4. Book Four5. Book Five6. Book Six7. Book SevenAppendix 1: N and QAppendix 2: OrthographicaAppendix 3: A Supplement to Mazzoli 1982

Editorial Reviews

"Kaster's work represents the apex of nearly a century of philological efforts, and in it all the best contributions are gauged and further elaborated, resulting in a series of great improvements to Seneca's text. Even before his eagerly awaited OCT edition comes out, Kaster's impressive expertise has provided the philological community with a new reference point for the study of De Beneficiis, a research tool from which everyone will have a lot to learn." — Federico Maviglia, Yale University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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