Four Tragedies and Octavia: ‘Thyestes’,’Phaedra’,’The Trojan Women’,’Oedipus’,’Octavia’
Author: Seneca
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 ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Troj….Read More
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