The Tragedies of Seneca
Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index
Seneca, the Stoic philosopher and adviser to Nero, also wrote the only Roman tragedies that survive complete, and their ghosts, tyrants, revenge and rhetoric shaped Renaissance drama in England and France. This volume, translated into English verse by the American classicist Frank Justus Miller, contains the plays attributed to him, among them Oedipus, the fragmentary Phoenissae, Medea, Hercules Furens and Hippolytus or Phaedra. It opens with an essay on the influence of the tragedies on early English drama and adds comparative analyses of the corresponding Greek and Roman plays and a mythological index. Miller's verse is direct and readable. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first act is free.
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