Four Tragedies and Octavia
by
Seneca
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0140441743
ISBN-13
9780140441741
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 24th, 2005
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
223 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 12.90 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscripts
Ksh 2,350.00
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Dramas by the classical playwright and philosopher are accompanied by a modern work to demonstrate the Roman's impact on the development of the tragedy.
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 curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women, the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero''s tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor.
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