Chapter I: Book VII

TWO TRAGEDIES OF SENECA MEDEA AND THE DAUGHTERS OF TROY By Seneca Rendered Into English Verse By Ella Isabel Harris

CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION vii Sources of Senecan Influence on English Drama. Tendencies of Senecan Influence as felt by English Drama. Direct Borrowings from Senecan Tragedies. MEDEA 1 THE DAUGHTERS OF TROY 45

SENECA'S MORALS OF A HAPPY LIFE, BENEFITS, ANGER AND CLEMENCY Translated By Sir Roger L'estrange TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE READER. OF SENECA'S WRITINGS. SENECA'S LIFE AND DEATH. SENECA OF BENEFITS. CHAPTER I. OF BENEFITS IN GENERAL. CHAPTER II. SEVERAL SORTS OF BENEFITS. CHAPTER III. A SON MAY OBLIGE HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER. CHAPTER IV. IT IS THE INTENTION, NOT THE MATTER, THAT MAKES THE BENEFIT. CHAPTER V. THERE MUST BE JUDGMENT IN A BENEFIT, AS WELL AS MATTER AND INTENTION; AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHOICE OF THE PERSON. CHAPTER VI. THE MATTER OF OBLIGATIONS, WITH ITS CIRCUMSTANCES. CHAPTER VII. THE MANNER OF OBLIGING. CHAPTER VIII. THE DIFFERENCE AND VALUE OF BENEFITS. CHAPTER IX. AN HONEST MAN CANNOT BE OUTDONE IN COURTESY. CHAPTER X. THE QUESTION DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT A MAN MAY GIVE OR RETURN A BENEFIT TO HIMSELF? CHAPTER XI. HOW FAR ONE MAN MAY BE OBLIGED FOR A BENEFIT DONE TO ANOTHER. CHAPTER XII. THE BENEFACTOR MUST HAVE NO BY-ENDS. CHAPTER XIII. THERE ARE MANY CASES WHEREIN A MAN MAY BE MINDED OF A BENEFIT, BUT IT IS VERY RARELY TO BE CHALLENGED, AND NEVER TO BE UPBRAIDED. CHAPTER XIV. HOW FAR TO OBLIGE OR REQUITE A WICKED MAN. CHAPTER XV. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARTS AND DUTIES OF THE BENEFACTOR. CHAPTER_XVI. HOW THE RECEIVER OUGHT TO BEHAVE HIMSELF. CHAPTER_XVII. OF GRATITUDE. CHAPTER_XVIII. GRATITUDE MISTAKEN. CHAPTER XIX. OF INGRATITUDE. CHAPTER XX. THERE CAN BE NO LAW AGAINST INGRATITUDE. SENECA OF A HAPPY LIFE. CHAPTER I. OF A HAPPY LIFE, AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS. CHAPTER II. HUMAN HAPPINESS IS FOUNDED UPON WISDOM AND VIRTUE; AND FIRST, OF WISDOM. CHAPTER III. THERE CAN BE NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT VIRTUE. CHAPTER IV. PHILOSOPHY IS THE GUIDE OF LIFE. CHAPTER V. THE FORCE OF PRECEPTS. CHAPTER VI. NO FELICITY LIKE PEACE OF CONSCIENCE.