Studies on the Text of Seneca's De beneficiis

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.

• 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

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.