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Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. This volume completes the Loeb Classical Library's new two-volume edition of Seneca's tragedies. John Fitch's annotated translation, which faces Latin text, conveys the force of Seneca's dramatic language and the lyric quality of his choral odes.
Seneca's plots are based on mythical episodes, in keeping with classical tradition. But the p
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 22 June 2004
ISBN-10 : 0674996100 | ISBN-13: 9780674996106
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Release date: 22 June 2004
ISBN-10 : 0674996100 | ISBN-13: 9780674996106
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