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Fortuna

Fortune

also: Fortune, fortuna

The personified power of chance and changeable circumstance. In Seneca she is the capricious mistress who lends and reclaims every external good and abuses the bodies of mortals at her whim.

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Mentioned in 24 works (435 total)

Consolation to Marcia philosophy · 14 mentions
Consolation to His Mother Helvia philosophy · 12 mentions
Consolation to Polybius philosophy · 14 mentions
On Anger philosophy · 17 mentions
Hercules (Mad) tragedy · 4 mentions
The Trojan Women tragedy · 8 mentions
The Phoenician Women tragedy · 8 mentions
Medea tragedy · 7 mentions
On the Shortness of Life philosophy · 9 mentions
Phaedra tragedy · 5 mentions
Oedipus tragedy · 8 mentions
Agamemnon tragedy · 9 mentions
Thyestes tragedy · 7 mentions
Hercules on Oeta tragedy · 6 mentions
On the Firmness of the Wise Man philosophy · 10 mentions
Octavia tragedy · 13 mentions
On Mercy philosophy · 12 mentions
On the Happy Life philosophy · 13 mentions
On Benefits philosophy · 56 mentions
On Tranquility of Mind philosophy · 11 mentions
On Leisure philosophy · 2 mentions
Moral Letters to Lucilius philosophy · 162 mentions
Natural Questions philosophy · 16 mentions
On Providence philosophy · 12 mentions

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