Hunger, thirst, cold. An Epicurean integration to Seneca, epist. 24.26

The present paper aims to argue in favour of the integration of sitiam at Sen. epist. 24.26. In the early manuscript tradition, this paragraph presents a five-verb sequence: expergiscar dormiam esuriam algebo aestuabo. However, almost every editor since the earliest printed editions has felt the need to integrate this sequence with one more verb. Nowadays the most commonly accepted emendation is expergiscar dormiam edam esuriam algebo aestuabo, consecrated by Reynolds’ edition of Seneca’s Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (1965). In this paper, I argue for a different integration (expergiscar dormiam esuriam sitiam algebo aestuabo), already proposed by Brakman (1909): I will offer new evidence as well as contextual arguments in favour of this emendation.