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Spectacular Verse Drama Seneca Is A Figure Of First Importance In Both Roman Politics And Literature: Leading Adviser To Nero Who Attempted Restrain The Emperor’s Megalomania Prolific Moral Philosopher Author Tragedies That Strongly Influenced Shakespeare Other Renaissance Dramatists Seneca’s Plays Depict Intense Passions Interactions Rhetoric Equally Strong Their Perspective Much Bleaker Than Adopted His Prose Writings Plots Are Based On Mythical Episodes Keeping With Classical Tradition But Political Realities Imperial Rome Also Reflected An Obsessive Concern Power Dominion Over Others Octavia Our Sole Surviving Example Historical Play Set At Nero’s Court It Was Probably Written By Admirer As Statesman Dramatist John G Fitch Has Thoroughly Revised Two-Volume Edition Take Account Textual Interpretive Scholarship Appeared Since Its Initial Publication Translation Conveys Force Dramatic Language Lyric Quality Choral Odes Σελίδες: 662 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0601 Διαστάσεις: 16 2X16 2Cm