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Books boeken lucius annaeus seneca university chicago press book maart 2017 adobe epub: The second 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 offers authoritative modern English translations of the writings of the Stoic philosopher and playwright 4 BCE65 CE.
The two volumes of The Complete Tragedies presents all of his dramas expertly rendered by preeminent scholars and translators.
The 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.
This 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 translators introduction offering reflections on the works context and meaning.
Notes are provided for the reader unfamiliar with the culture and history of classical antiquity.
Accordingly The Complete Tragedies will be of use to a general audience and professionals alike from the Latinless student to scholars and instructors of comparative literature classics philosophy drama and more.
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