Séneca - Greek & Roman 1

In "Two Tragedies of Seneca: Medea and The Daughters of Troy," the Roman playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca deftly explores themes of vengeance, passion, and the volatile nature of human emotions thro……続きを見る

Medea finds her position in the Greek world threatened when her husband Jason attempts to leave her for a Greek princess of Corinth. In this classic translation of Seneca’s Medea, Ella Harris retain……続きを見る

'You ask what is the proper measure of wealth? The best measure is to have what is necessary, and next best, to have enough. Keep well!' The letters written by the Stoic philosopher and tragedian Se……続きを見る

These translations of the plays by the classical Roman dramatist are "an admirable effort to bring Seneca to a wider audience" ( Bryn Mawr Classical Review). The first of two volumes collecting the ……続きを見る

Dieser Band beinhaltet die folgenden Werke des römischen Autoren: Medea Die Trojanerinnen Oedipus Hippolyt Thyestes Die Thebais oder die Phönicierinnen Agamemnon Der rasende Herkules Herkules am Oeta 続きを見る

La tendenza di Seneca a una scrittura mossa, anticlassica, se già caratterizza le sue pagine di prosa, raggiunge il culmine nelle tragedie: in esse lo stile drammatico «dell'anima umana che è in gue……続きを見る

Juno, wife of Jove (Jupiter) is jealous of Alcmene, mother of Hercules by Jove, and has been persecuting Hercules by imposing labours on him, through her intermediary, the tyrant Eurystheus.The fina……続きを見る

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca. 4 BCE 65 AD), 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……続きを見る

Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also sh……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る