Seneca
Thyestes
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Word Count
43,000 words, Guess
Page Count
172 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3363675M
- ISBN-100715632221
- OCLC Control Number51738394
- OCLC Control Number1138523977
- Internet Archivesenecathyestes0000davi
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- Library of Congress Control Number2004426144
- Goodreads807640
- LibraryThing1419691
Classifications
- DDC872/.01
- LCCPA6664.T53 D38 2003
Alternate Titles
- Thyestes
Description
Written in Nero's Rome in about AD 62, Seneca's Thyestes is one of the greatest and most influential of classical tragedies. As the bloodiest work in the Greco-Roman canon, Thyestes was long reviled for its depiction of savage violence and for its representation of human bestiality. Peter Davis argues that the play needs to be understood as the response of a major politician, philosopher and tragic poet to the increasingly tyrannical rule of the emperor. In this companion he explores key aspects of the play, including the circumstances of its composition, its performance history and its impact on subsequent dramatists, including Shakespeare and Jonson
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Series Statement
- Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy
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