Seneca

Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1927
Genre: Hecuba (Legendary character)
ISBN:

Six Tragedies

Six Tragedies
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2010-01-14
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0192807064

This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes.

Seneca and the Idea of Tragedy

Seneca and the Idea of Tragedy
Author: Gregory A. Staley
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2010-01-14
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0195387430

The question of why Seneca wrote tragedy has been debated since at least the 13th century. Since Seneca was a Stoic, critics assumed he wrote with the standard Stoic theory of literature as education in philosophy in mind. This book argues that Seneca was influenced by Aristotle's famous defense of tragedy against Plato's critique.