... in the anonymous Octavia demonstrates how conditional this condemnation could be on the victim’s presentation as a moral and social exemplar. Octavia Tacitus Nero Violence Intimate partner violence Domestic violence Gender Rome Seneca the Younger Empathy This issue of cultural contextualization...

..., an understanding of the virus distribution and mitigation strategies are needed. The objective was to evaluate the distribution in the feed and environment of a feed mill of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), and Seneca Valley virus-1 (SVV1...

...Annemien Haveman‐Nies; Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot; Wija A. van Staveren 19 3 2003 2 9 2002 Age and Ageing 2003; 32: 427–434 Age and Ageing Vol. 32 No. 4 # 2003, British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. Dietary quality, lifestyle factors and healthy ageing in Europe: the SENECA...

... ( 12 , 13 ). This article investigates the relation between three modifiable lifestyle factors—diet, smoking, and physical activity—and their effects, separately and combined, on 10-year survival among people aged 70–75 years in a Europe-wide longitudinal study, the SENECA [Survey in Europe...

.... This study defines the range of material in which water and nutrient uptakes need to be investigated. Key words: Branch roots, maize, root diameter, root length, root number, tracheary elements, water uptake, Zea mays L. cv. Seneca chief...

..., and extends novel considerations of Achilles’ embryonic yet disquieting proclivities towards heroic immoderation. Its first half is devoted to the scrutiny of a tragic exemplum for Achilles’ portrayal, Hercules in Seneca’s Hercules Furens. The two heroes are linked via...

...This chapter treats the prefaces to books 3 and 1 of Seneca’s Natural Questions. These prefaces elevate a feeling which this chapter refers to as “integrated wonder,” a specular self-love that is born from the ability to see oneself as part of a broader cosmos, while also...

...This chapter argues that Seneca finds therapeutic potential in even the misguided sensations of stupefaction and anxiety. Seneca both portrays and evokes this cluster of affects in two of his descriptions of natural disaster in the Natural Questions: the flood passage that ends...

...This chapter is centered on letter 120 of Seneca’s Epistulae Morales. In this letter, Seneca provides an account of how humans came to grasp the concept of the good. This chapter argues that wonder fulfills a crucial function in our apprehension of the good, even when it distorts...

..., is the exploration of classical influences on Shakespeare, especially the influence of classical concepts of virtue and heroism. A key figure in such explorations has been Seneca. Previous discussions of constancy may have underestimated the ambiguity and complexity of the concept. In particular, by focusing...

... a moral interpretation of the acts of the characters on stage. After a brief consideration of music in relation to (moral) will, this essay turns to a morally ambiguous opera, Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (1643), which features a fictionalized version of Seneca, one of the great...

... Porcius Cato the younger M Terentius Varro philosophus or  4 13–29 in Apuleius 21–3 in Cicero Aristotle Ennius sapientia φιλόσοφος Papirius Paetus G Iulius Caesar Seneca Anaxagoras Asinius Pollio Papirius Fabianus Areus the philosopher Iulius Canus retexere 138 and n Posidonius 139 n...

...This chapter argues that the literary apparatus of the sublime plays a key role in Seneca’s configuration in his prose works of the totalizing consciousness of the sage. On this approach the sublime functions as no mere occasional adornment or affectation of Senecan prose style, but as a deeply...

...This chapter talks about leaders of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy agreed to a treaty with the United States of America on November 11, 1794. It explains that the treaty defined the lands that belonged to the Oneida and Seneca nations, which set forth the parameters...

...The chapter recounts the gathering of Methodists in Seneca Falls, New York on March 27, 1843, in order to organize the First Wesleyan Methodist Society of Seneca Falls. It details how the First Wesleyan Methodist Society elected six trustees, pursuant to the New York law. It also looks at the First...

... account, cites the defiance of the waves in refusing to comply with the attempted murder. DIO CASSIUS GELLIUS OVID SUETONIUS TACITUS VARRO Agrippina the Younger Baiae Bauli Nero Quinquatria JOSEPHUS MARTIAL SENECA THE YOUNGER STATIUS Campania passim COLUMELLA PLINY THE ELDER Acte...

...Seneca is the second model Caussin explored as an example to guide royal confessors in their role as royal counsellors. In doing so, he drew out the parallels between the fate of the Stoic philosopher and that of the prophets, engaging deeply and critically with the contemporary vogue of neo...

...This chapter discusses Fiddlin’ Sam Long, “Seneca Square Dance,” “Echoes of the Ozarks,” old-time fiddling, Gennett Records, and fiddlers’ contests Alabama Baltzell John Bisbee Jasper Carson Fiddlin’ John Chief Howling Wolf Dunham Mellie fiddlers’ contests and conventions Gennett Records...

... observations of Seneca and Quintilian, the chapter illustrates how students and orators alike utilized notes. The practice of taking notes was fundamental in learning oratory, with students needing reminders of their teacher's words. The chapter looks at Seneca's collection of annotations with orators like...

... goods, and labor services within an ethic of reciprocity. Seneca the Younger uses the image of the dancing Graces to illustrate reciprocity. Paul’s letters indicate that he construes a benefit (charis) from the god of Israel as eliciting a countergift, whether in the mode of “paying it forward...