{"product_id":"9780674997189","title":"Tragedies, Volume II : Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules on Oeta. Octavia by Seneca","description":"Spectacular verse drama.   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.   Seneca's plays depict intense passions and  interactions in rhetoric that is equally strong. Their perspective is  much bleaker than that adopted in his prose writings. His plots are  based on mythical episodes, in keeping with classical tradition. But the  political realities of imperial Rome are also reflected in an obsessive  concern with power and dominion over others. The Octavia is our  sole surviving example of a Roman historical play; set at Nero's court,  it was probably written by an admirer of Seneca as statesman and  dramatist.   John G. Fitch has thoroughly revised his two-volume edition of Seneca's Tragedies  to take account of the textual and interpretive scholarship that has  appeared since its initial publication. His translation conveys the  force of Seneca's dramatic language and the lyric quality of his choral  odes.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294404227445,"sku":"9780674997189","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780674997189.jpg?v=1762763484","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780674997189","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}