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This complete collection contains the following plays scholars have ascribed to Seneca: Agamemnon, Hercules, Hercules Oetaeus I & II, Medea, Oedipus, Phaedra, Phoenissae, Thyestes, and Troades.Although many of the Senecan tragedies adapt the same Greek myths as tragedies by Sophocles,... Read Full Overview

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, known commonly as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He is most noted for developing a new type of drama, the Senecan tragedy, which differed greatly from Greek tragedy. While the Greek... Read Full Overview

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Based on a comprehensive investigation of all manuscripts and florilegia, this edition provides, for the first time, a secure reconstruction of the two hyparchetypes on which the text depends. Zwierlein demonstrates that all former manuscripts of Seneca's tragedies stem ultimately... Read Full Overview

This two-volume critical edition of Seneca's tragedies by Friedrich Leo (1851-1914) was published in Berlin in 1878-1879. Seneca, the first-century Roman philosopher, modelled his tragedies on the work of Greek playwright Euripides. Leo argues that the tragedies were in fact... Read Full Overview

L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae presents the collected tragedies of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a pivotal figure in Roman literature and philosophy. This edition, while published in 1867, offers readers access to the timeless works of a playwright whose influence resonates... Read Full Overview

This 1631 edition presents the collected tragedies of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a pivotal figure in Roman literature and philosophy. Seneca's dramatic works, steeped in Stoic thought and characterized by intense emotionality and vivid imagery, profoundly influenced Renaissance... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We... Read Full Overview

Les tragedies de Seneque ont inspire directement, et parfois litteralement, Shakespeare, Corneille et Racine, et pourtant, jusqu'au XXe siecle, on les tenait pour injouables et leur reputation etait execrable aupres des critiques. Tout a change a partir de 1932 ou Georges et... Read Full Overview

Decem Tragoediae, Quae Lannaeo Senecae Tribwntur (1626) est opus litterarium a Lucio Annaeo Seneca, poeta et philosopho Romano, compositum. Hoc volumen continet decem tragoedias, quae omnes ad Lannaeum Senecam, Senecae patrem, dedicatae sunt. Tragoediae includunt: Hercules Furens,... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview