Seneca's Thyestes"Although the 'Thyestes' is widely acknowledged to be one of Seneca's most powerful tragedies, there has until now been no modern commentary on the play in any language. My principal aim has thus been to make this extraordinary work more widely accessible and so contribute to a greater appreciation of its quality. The 'Thyestes' seems to me an even better and richer play now that it did when I embarked on this commentary; I hope that the pleasure I have had in exploring it will be reflected in what I have written, and that my enthusiasm will offer some compensation for my failures of understanding." -- preface, p. [ix]. |
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action Agamemnon appears Atreus called characters Chorus close combination common contrast crime death described detail domus earlier echo effect Epist example expression fear figure final force Fury gives gods Greek Greek tragedy hand implies Italy language later Latin lines Livy manuscripts means Medea natural nihil normal offer OLD s.v. omne opening Ovid Ovid Met Ovid's parallel passage perhaps phrase play poetry position present probably quae question quid quis quod reading recalls reference reflect rhetorical Roman scene seems seen Seneca sense similar sound speech style suggests Tantalus thought Thyestes tion tragedy true turns usually Verg