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Four Tragedies and Octavia

This Penguin Classics edition features four authentic tragedies by Seneca (Phaedra, Thyestes, Medea, The Trojan Women) along with the play Octavia, attributed to him in antiquity but now considered the work of a later writer. E.F. Watling’s translations retain the dramatic force of the original Latin texts, highlighting Seneca’s rhetorical power, Stoic influence, and psychological insight.

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Series Title

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Call Number

25 Drama

Publisher

London, United Kingdom : Penguin Books., 1974

Collation

222 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-14-044174-3

Classification

Drama

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

volume

Edition

Reprint edition (First published by Penguin Books

Subject(s)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus—Translations into English

Specific Detail Info

This volume includes English translations of five Latin tragedies attributed to the Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca. The plays in this collection are Phaedra, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea, The Trojan Women, and the pseudo-Senecan Octavia. Watling provides a critical introduction and footnotes to aid understanding of the Stoic themes and Roman context.

Statement of Responsibility

Translated with an introduction by E.F. Watling

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