An edition of Tragedies (1493)

Seneca

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An edition of Tragedies (1493)

Seneca

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"Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Here is the first of a new two-volume edition of Seneca's tragedies.".

"Seneca's plots are based on mythical episodes, in keeping with classical tradition. But the political realities of imperial Rome are also reflected here, in an obsessive concern with power and dominion over others. Seneca's plays depict gigantic passions and intense interactions in an appropriately forceful rhetoric. Their perspective is much bleaker and more tragic than that of his prose writings.

In this new translation John Fitch conveys the force of Seneca's dramatic language and the lyric quality of his choral odes."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
672

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Seneca
Seneca
2002, Harvard University Press, Brand: university harvard
in English
Cover of: Tragedie
Tragedie
1987, Unione tipografico-editrice torinese
in Italian
Cover of: L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae
L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae: incertorum auctorum Hercules (Oetaeus), Octavia
1986, E Typographeo Clarendoniano
in Latin
Cover of: Two tragedies of Seneca, Medea and The daughters of Troy
Cover of: Seneca his tenne tragedies
Seneca his tenne tragedies
1581, By Thomas Marsh
in English
Cover of: L. Annei Senecae Tragoediae
L. Annei Senecae Tragoediae: cu[m] duobus co[m]mentis.
1493, Per Matheu[m] Capcasam, Parmensem
in Latin

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Table of Contents

v. 1
Hercules. Trojan women. Phoenician women. Medea. Paedra
v. 2. Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules on Oeta. Octavia.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Latin with English translation on opposite pages.

Published in
Cambridge, Mass
Series
Loeb classical library -- 62, 78.
Genre
Drama.
Other Titles
Seneca tragedies.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PA6666.A1 F58 2002, PA6666.A1F58 2002, PA6666.A1F58 2004, PA6666.A1 F58 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
2 v. ;
Number of pages
672

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18215458M
Internet Archive
herculestrojanwo0000sene
ISBN 10
067499602X, 0674996100
LCCN
2002190202, 2004042428
OCLC/WorldCat
48964712, 54500772, 55788447, 50816227
Library Thing
4022173
Goodreads
97416
97418

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