CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Loeb Classical Library, Bestiarii, Gladiator
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He surely deserved to be allowed to choose his fate! How bravely he would have wielded a sword! With what courage he would have hurled himself into the depths of the sea, or down a precipice! Cut off from resources on every hand, he yet found a way to furnish himself with death, and with a weapon for death. Hence you can understand that nothing but the will need postpone death. Let each man judge the deed of this most zealous fellow as he likes, provided we agree on this point, that the foulest death is preferable to the fairest slavery. Translated by richard m. gummere, loeb classical library (cambridge, massachussetts and. Lucius annaeus seneca (born between 4 bc and ad 1, died ad 65) was a poet and philosopher, as well as tutor and advisor to the emperor nero. Among his many surviving works are a series of.
