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Tragedies SenecaPevná vazba 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…
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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.Seneca's plays depict intense passions and interactions in rhetoric that is equally strong. His plots are based on mythical episodes, in keeping with classical tradition. Their perspective is much bleaker than that adopted in his prose writings.
The Octavia is our sole surviving example of a Roman historical play; set at Nero's court, it was probably written by an admirer of Seneca as statesman and dramatist.John G. But the political realities of imperial Rome are also reflected in an obsessive concern with power and dominion over others. Fitch has thoroughly revised his two-volume
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