TY - BOOK AU - Seneca,Lucius Annaeus AU - Manly,John Matthews AU - Miller,Frank Justus TI - The Tragedies of Seneca: Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index AV - PA PY - 2018/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Mythology, Classical -- Drama KW - Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Translations into English N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecan_tragedy; Release date is 2018-10-03; The influence of the tragedies of Seneca upon early English drama -- The tragedies of Seneca translated: Oedipus. Phoenissae. Medea. Hercules Furens. Phaedra or Hippolytus. Hercules Oetaeus. Thyestes. Troades. Agamemnon. Octavia, with a review of the Roman historical drama -- Comparative analyses of Seneca's tragedies and the corresponding Greek dramas -- Mythological index; E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Eleni Christofaki, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Tragedies of Seneca" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a collection of ancient Roman tragedies written in the 50s CE. These philosophical dramas reimagine Greek myths through a Stoic lens, featuring five-act structures, violent plots recounted in shocking detail, and lengthy moral meditations. Written by the Stoic philosopher-politician, these works transformed familiar stories like Medea and Agamemnon into distinctly Roman philosophical explorations. Their graphic violence and ethical focus would later influence Renaissance revenge tragedy, including Shakespeare's bloodiest works. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57999 ER -