place
Sicily
also: Sicily, Siculo, the island
The island said once to have been joined to Italy before the sea broke through and 'cut the Hesperian side from the Sicilian.' Site of Seneca's extended Syracuse parable.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Marcia §17 Sicilian
Sicily, said once to have been joined to Italy before the sea broke through and 'cut the Hesperian side from the Sicilian.'
- Consolation to Polybius §17 Sicily
The island of Sicily, paired with Italy as the shore Caligula roamed after Drusilla's death.
- On Benefits §3.37.1 Sicilian
The island of Sicily, home of the Catanaean brothers and of the tyrant Phalaris; a recurring source of Senecas exempla.
- On the Shortness of Life §4.5 Sicily
The island off Italy, scene of the war against Sextus Pompeius.
- On Mercy §1.11 Sicily
Scene of Octavian's war against Sextus Pompey (38–36 BC), in which fleets on both sides were wrecked.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §5.43.3 your province
Lucilius was serving as imperial procurator of Sicily; in the province he is a conspicuous figure, so Seneca urges him to live as one watched.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.90.6 Sicily
The large island off southern Italy, 'then flourishing,' for which Charondas legislated.
- Natural Questions §3.25.5 Sicily
The great island; one of two places (with Syria) named for a lake that bears up bodies.
- Natural Questions §4.pr.1 Sicily
The island province where Lucilius served as procurator; here the frame for the whole book.
- Octavia §510 Sicilian sea
The waters off Sicily, where Octavian's fleets fought Sextus Pompey (38-36 BC).
- Thyestes §475 Sicilian wave
The strait of Sicily, with its whirlpool Charybdis.