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Seneca: Medea, The Phoenician Women, Phaedra, The Trojan Women, Octavia (The Complete Tragedies 1) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Shadi Bartsch; Susanna Morton Braund; Alex Dressler; Elaine Fantham; David Konstan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Seneca: Medea, The Phoenician Women, Phaedra, The Trojan Women, Octavia (The Complete Tragedies 1) about?
The first of two volumes collecting the complete tragedies of Seneca. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, the Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca series offers authoritative, modern English translations of the writings of the Stoic philosopher and playwright (4 BCE–65 CE). The two volumes of The Complete Tragedies present all of his dramas, expertly rendered by preeminent scholars and translators. This first volume contains Medea, The Phoenician Women, Phaedra, The Trojan Women, and Octavia, the last of which was written in emulation of Senecan tragedies and serves as a unique example of political tragedy. The second volume includes Oedipus, Hercules Mad, Hercules on Oeta, Thyestes, and Agamemnon. High standards of accuracy, clarity, and style are maintained throughout the translations, which render Seneca into verse with as close a correspondence, line for line, to the original as possible, and with special attention paid to meter and overall flow. In addition, each tragedy is prefaced by an original translator's introduction offering reflections on the work's context and meaning. Notes are provided for the reader unfami
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- Author
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Shadi Bartsch; Susanna Morton Braund; Alex Dressler; Elaine Fantham; David Konstan
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226372266
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Drama, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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