Four Tragedies And Octavia Seneca Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία Language Linguistics Teaching

Based On The Legends Used In Greek Drama Seneca\ S Plays Are Notable For Exuberant Ruthlessness With Which Disastrous Events Foretold And Then Pursued To Their Tragic Often Bloodthirsty Ends Thyestes Depicts Menace Of An Ancestral Curse Hanging Over Two Feuding Brothers While Phaedra Portrays A Woman Tormented By Fatal Passion Her Stepson Trojan Women Widowed Hecuba Andromache Await Fates At Hands Conquering Greeks Oedipus Follows Downfall Royal House Thebes Octavia Is Grim Commentary Nero\ Tyrannical Rule Execution His Wife Seneca Himself Appearing As Ineffective Counsellor Attempting Curb Atrocities Emperor Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm