Four Tragedies and Octavia (Thyestes, Phaedra, Troades, Oedipus, Octavia) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, E.F. Watling

Four Tragedies and Octavia (Thyestes, Phaedra, Troades, Oedipus, Octavia)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, E.F. Watling

319 pages first pub 64 (editions)

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Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral...

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