One Hundred Years of Commentaries on Seneca's Epistulae Morales © 2000-2010 Michael Hendry

1910	Summers	Select Letters of Seneca, edited with introduction and explanatory notes by Walter C. Summers, London, frequently reprinted.
1940	Blankert	Samuel Blankert, Seneca (epist.90). Over natuur en cultuur en Posidionius als zijn bron, Amsterdam.
1958	Germani	A. Germani, Seneca, Epistole morali a Lucilio, Libro III, Milan.
1965	Scarpat¹	La Lettera 65 di Seneca, testo, introduzione, versione e commento di Giuseppe Scarpat, Paideia Editrice, Brescia, (2nd edition).
	Stückelberger	Alfred Stückelberger, Senecas 88. Brief, Über Wert und Unwert der freien Künste, Carl Winter, Heidelberg.
1969	Campbell	Translated in Robin Campbell (tr.), Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Penguin Classics.
1975	Scarpat²	Lucio Anneo Seneca, Lettere a Lucilio, Libro primo, Testo, introduzione, versione e commento di Giuseppe Scarpat, Paideia Editrice, Brescia.
1976	Hijmans	Structure and prose rhythms analyzed in Inlaboratus et Facilis: Aspects of Structure in Some Letters of Seneca, by B. L. Hijmans Jr., Mnemosyne Supplement 38, E. J. Brill, Leiden.
1979	Bellincioni	Lettere a Lucilio, Libro XV: le lettere 94 e 95, testo, introduzione, versione e commento di Maria Bellincioni, Paideia Editrice, Brescia.
1988	Costa	Seneca, 17 Letters, with translation and commentary by C. D. N. Costa, Aris and Philips, Warminster.
2000	Laudizi	Lucio Anneo Seneca, Lettere a Lucilio, Libro III: lettere 22 e 23, Testo, introduzione e commento di Giovanni Laudizi, Congedo Editore.
	Op het Veld	Quem putas perisse praemissus est, Ein Kommentar zu Senecas 93. und 99. Brief, Shaker Verlag, Aachen.
	Usher¹	The Letters of Seneca, Mark D. Usher¹, Focus.
2001	Motto	Seneca’s Moral Epistles, Anna Lydia Motto, Bolchazy-Carducci (2nd edition?).
2003	Trapp	Michael Trapp, Greek and Latin Letters, an Anthology with Translation (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics), Cambridge, 2003.
2004	Henderson	Discussed at length in John Henderson, Morals and Villas in Seneca’s Letters: Places to Dwell, Cambridge, 2005.
	Hönscheid	Christoph Hönscheid, Fomenta Campaniae: Ein Kommentar zu Senecas 51., 55. und 56. Brief (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 190), K. G. Saur, 2004.
2005	von Albrecht	Discussed at length in Michael von Albrecht, Wort und Wandlung: Senecas Lebenskunst, Mnemosyne Supplement 250, E. J. Brill, Leiden.
2006	Berno	Francesca Romana Berno, L. Anneo Seneca, Lettere a Lucilio libro VI: le lettere 53-57. Testi e manuali per l'insegnamento universitario del latino 91, Bologna: Pàtron, 2006.
	Hamacher	Ulf Gregor Hamacher, Senecas 82. Brief an Lucilius: Dialektikkritik illustriert am Beispiel der Bekämpfung des metus mortis. Ein Kommentar, Münich/Leipzig, K. G. Saur, 2006.
	Richardson-Hay	Christine Richardson-Hay, First Lessons: Book 1 of Seneca's 'Epistulae Morales', Peter Lang, 2006.
	Usher²	M. D. Usher, The Student’s Seneca, Oklahoma.
2007	Inwood	Translated with commentary in Brad Inwood, Seneca: Selected Philosophical Letters (Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers), Oxford University Press, 2007.
	Fantham	Translated with brief notes in Seneca: Selected Letters: A new translation by Elaine Fantham, Oxford World's Classics, 2010.
2009	Schafer	John Schafer, Ars Didactica: Seneca's 94th and 95th Letters (Hypomnemata, 181), Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009.
2015	Lemmens	Thomas Lemmens, Tecum sunt quae fugis. Senecas 104. Brief an Lucilius. Ein Kommentar. Interpretation und Ausblick (= Wiener Studien 37), Wien 2015.
2018	Berti	Emanuele Berti, Lo Stile e l'uomo: Quattro epistole letterarie di Seneca (Sen, epist. 114; 40; 100; 84), Scuola normale superiore, Testi e Commenti, 2018.
2019	Edwards	Catharine Edwards, Seneca: Selected Letters (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics), Cambridge, 2019.
	Li Causi	Pietro Li Causi and students, Seneca. Epistula ad Lucilium 124, Palermo: la Bibliotheca di Classico Contemporaneo, 2019 (on-line text: here).
2021	Soldo	Janja Soldo, Seneca: Epistulae morales, Book 2, Oxford, 2021.
——	Davies	Mark Davies’ forthcoming commentary on Book IV, a revision of his PhD thesis at the University of Auckland (NZ).
——	Grau	Jeremias Grau, Somnium aeternitatis. Ein Kommentar zu Lucii Annaei Senecae epistulae morales ad Lucilium liber XVII, 101- 103 (forthcoming), a revision of his PhD thesis at the University of Bamberg.

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Number:	Summary of Contents (from Gummere’s Loeb):	Length:	Commentators:	Translators:
Book I
1	Saving time	5	Scarpat², Hijmans, Motto, von Albrecht, Richardson-Hay, Edwards	Fantham
2	Discursiveness in reading	6	Scarpat², Motto, von Albrecht, Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
3	True and false friendship	6	Scarpat², Motto, Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
4	The terrors of death	11	Scarpat², Richardson-Hay	Fantham
5	The philosopher’s mean	9	Summers, Scarpat², Usher¹, Motto, Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
6	Sharing knowledge	7	Scarpat², Motto, Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
7	Crowds	12	Summers, Scarpat², Costa, Motto, Richardson-Hay, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
8	The philosopher’s seclusion	10	Scarpat², Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
9	Philosophy and friendship	22	Scarpat², Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
10	Living to oneself	5	Scarpat², Richardson-Hay	Fantham
11	The blush of modesty	10	Summers, Scarpat², Motto, Richardson-Hay	Campbell, Fantham
12	Old age	11	Summers, Scarpat², Costa, Motto, Henderson, Richardson-Hay, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
Book II
13	Groundless fears	17	Soldo
14	Reasons for withdrawing from the world	18	Soldo	Fantham
15	Brain and brawns	11	Summers, Motto, Soldo	Campbell, Fantham
16	Philosophy the guide of life	9	Motto, Soldo	Campbell, Fantham
17	Philosophy and wealth	12	Soldo
18	Festivals and fasting	15	Summers, Usher¹, Motto, Edwards, Soldo	Campbell, Fantham
19	Worldliness and retirement	12	Soldo	Fantham
20	Practicing what you preach	13	Soldo
21	The renown which my writings will bring you	11	Summers, Motto, Edwards, Soldo	Fantham
Book III
22	The futility of half-way measures	17	Germani, Laudizi
23	The true joy which comes from philosophy	11	Germani, Laudizi, Motto
24	Despising death	26	Germani, Costa, Edwards	Fantham
25	Reformation	7	Germani
26	Old age and death	10	Germani, Hijmans	Campbell, Fantham
27	The good which abides	9	Summers, Germani, Motto	Campbell, Fantham
28	Travel as a cure for discontent	10	Summers, Germani, Usher¹, Motto	Campbell, Fantham
29	The critical condition of Marcellinus	12	Germani
Book IV
30	Conquering the conqueror	18	Davies
31	Siren songs	11	Davies	Fantham
32	Progress	5	Davies
33	The futility of learning maxims	11	Summers, Edwards, Davies	Campbell, Fantham
34	A promising pupil	4	Motto, Edwards, Davies	Fantham
35	The friendship of kindred minds	4	Davies	Fantham
36	The value of retirement	12	Davies	Fantham
37	Allegiance to virtue	5	Motto, Davies	Fantham
38	Quiet conversation	2	Motto, Trapp, Davies	Campbell, Fantham
39	Noble aspirations	6	Davies	Fantham
40	The proper style for a philosopher’s discourse	14	Summers, Berti, Davies	Campbell, Fantham
41	The god within us	8	Hijmans, Motto, Davies	Campbell, Fantham
Book V
42	Values	10	Motto
43	The relativity of fame	5	Summers, Usher¹, Motto
44	Philosophy and pedigrees	7	Summers, Usher¹, Motto	Fantham
45	Sophistical argumentation	13
46	A new book by Lucilius	3	Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
47	Master and slave	21	Summers (omits most of §5), Costa, Usher¹, Motto, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
48	Quibbling unworthy of the philosopher	12		Campbell, Fantham
49	The shortness of life	12		Fantham
50	Our blindness and its cure	9	Motto
51	Baiae and morals	13	Summers, Motto, Hönscheid	Fantham
52	Choosing our teachers	15	Motto
Book VI
53	The faults of the spirit	12	Summers, Motto, Berno, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
54	Asthma and death	7	Summers, Costa, Motto, Berno	Campbell, Fantham
55	Vatia’s villa	11	Summers, Henderson, Hönscheid, Berno	Campbell, Fantham
56	Quiet and study	15	Summers, Costa, Usher¹, Motto, Hönscheid, Berno	Campbell, Fantham
57	The trials of travel	9	Summers, Costa, Berno	Fantham
58	Being	37	Inwood
59	Pleasure and joy	18		Fantham
60	Harmful prayers	4	Usher¹, Motto	Fantham
61	Meeting death cheerfully	4	Motto, Trapp	Fantham
62	Good company	3	Usher¹, Motto	Fantham
Book VII
63	Grief for lost friends	16	Summers, Motto	Campbell, Fantham
64	The philosopher’s task	10	Edwards	Fantham
65	The first cause	24	Scarpat¹, Inwood	Campbell, Fantham
66	Various aspects of virtue	53	Inwood
67	Ill-health and endurance of suffering	16		Fantham
68	Wisdom and retirement	14		Fantham
69	Rest and restlessness	6
Book VIII
70	The proper time to slip the cable	28	Edwards	Fantham
71	The supreme good	37	Inwood
72	Business as the enemy of philosophy	11	Motto	Fantham
73	Philosophers and kings	16		Fantham
74	Virtue a refuge from wordly distractions	34
Book IX
75	Diseases of the soul	18	Hijmans, Trapp (§1-5 only)	Fantham
76	Learning wisdom in old age	35	Summers (§1-6 only), Inwood	Fantham
77	Suicide	20	Summers	Campbell, Fantham
78	The healing power of the mind	29	Summers, Costa	Campbell, Fantham
79	The rewards of scientific discovery	18	Summers (§1-10 only), Costa	Fantham
80	Worldly deceptions	10	Summers, Hijmans, Motto	Fantham
Book X
81	Benefits	32
82	The natural fear of death	24	Summers (§15-24 only), Hamacher	Fantham
83	Drunkenness	27	Costa	Campbell, Fantham
Books XI-XIII (divisions between them unknown)
84	Gathering ideas	13	Summers (§1-10 only), Usher¹, Motto, Berti	Fantham
85	Some vain syllogisms	41	Inwood
86	Scipio’s villa	21	Summers, Henderson, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
87	Arguments for the simple life	41	Summers (§1-11 only), Inwood	Fantham
88	Liberal and illiberal studies	46	Summers (§1-20 only), Stückelberger, Costa	Campbell, Fantham
Book XIV
89	The parts of philosophy	23
90	Philosophy and the progress of man	46	Summers (omits §26-29), Blankert, Costa, Motto, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
91	The lesson to be drawn from the burning of Lyons	21		Campbell, Fantham
92	The happy life	35	Costa
Book XV
93	Quality versus quantity of life	12	Op het Veld
94	The value of advice	74	Bellincioni, Schafer
95	The usefulness of basic principles	73	Bellincioni, Schafer	Fantham
Book XVI
96	Facing hardships	5	Motto
97	The degeneracy of the age	16		Fantham
98	The fickleness of fortune	18
99	Consoling the bereaved	32	Op het Veld	Fantham
100	The writings of Fabianus	12	Hijmans, Berti
Books XVII-XVIII (divisions between them unknown)
101	The futility of planning ahead	15	Grau	Fantham
102	Intimations of immortality	30	Grau
103	The dangers of association with our fellow men	5	Grau	Fantham
104	Care of health and peace of mind	35	Costa, Lemmens	Campbell, Fantham
105	Facing the world with confidence	5		Campbell
106	The corporeality of virtue	12	Inwood
107	Obedience to the universal will	12	Summers	Campbell, Fantham
108	Approaches to philosophy	39	Summers (§12-23 only), von Albrecht	Campbell, Fantham
109	The fellowship of the wise	18
Book XIX
110	True and false riches	20	Costa	Fantham
111	The vanity of mental gymnastics	5
112	Reforming hardened sinners	4	Motto	Fantham
113	The vitality of the soul and its attributes	32	Inwood
114	Style as a mirror of characters: the case of Maecenas	27	Summers (omits §5), Costa, Motto, Berti, Edwards	Campbell, Fantham
115	Superficial blessings	18		Fantham
116	Self-control	8		Fantham
117	Real ethics superior to syllogistic subtleties	33	Inwood
Book XX
118	The vanity of place-seeking	17	Inwood	Fantham
119	Nature our best provider	16	Inwood
120	More on virtue	22	Inwood
121	Instinct in animals	24	Inwood	Fantham
122	Darkness as a veil for wickedness	19	Summers, Hijmans, Costa, Inwood	Campbell, Fantham
123	The conflict between pleasure and virtue	17	Inwood	Campbell, Fantham
124	The true good as attained by reason	24	Inwood, Li Causi	Fantham
Book XXII
Fragment	Gellius criticizes Seneca’s criticism	13		Fantham