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Five More Seneca Commentaries

Posted on Monday: April 20, 2020 by Michael Hendry

I have been intending to update my list of commentaries on Seneca’s Epistulae Morales, especially since Jeremias Grau told me in a comment on my last update about three I did not know: two German PhD theses (one of them … Continue reading →

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Two More Seneca Commentaries

Posted on Tuesday: April 30, 2019 by Michael Hendry

I have added two more commentaries on selected Epistulae Morales of Seneca to my list: Schafer 2009 and Berti 2018. If anyone knows of others I have missed, please let me know: I have a feeling I’ve seen one or … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Now On-Line

Posted on Sunday: September 30, 2018 by Michael Hendry

The University of Virginia library has (with my permission) placed my dissertation, “Problems of unity and design in Propertius II” (1990) on-line. It’s a bit half-baked, but I still think my conclusions are sound. Should you read it? The best … Continue reading →

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Which Are Horace’s Shortest Odes?

Posted on Tuesday: October 31, 2017 by Michael Hendry

I’ve been rereading Book IV of Horace’s Odes for the first time in years, and memorizing as much as I can on walks and long drives. When I finish 4.11 tomorrow, I will have 1-3, 7, and 10-13 down, which … Continue reading →

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Bad Things Come in Threes

Posted on Tuesday: February 3, 2009 by Michael Hendry

In his commentary on Horace’s Soracte Ode (1.9), David West writes: “Horace says sententiously, ‘When winds stop blowing, trees stop shaking’, meaning of course that unpleasant things do not last for ever. This could be said of a plague of … Continue reading →

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Seneca Commentaries

Posted on Monday: September 3, 2007 by Michael Hendry

I’ve updated the list of twentieth-century commentaries and other works on Seneca’s Epistulae Morales (link on the left) with four or five recent works. It’s a busy field, though there are still three dozen letters in which the reader is … Continue reading →

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