《Four Tragedies and Octavia》是2005年Penguin Classics出版的圖書，作者是Seneca。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Four Tragedies and Octavia
- 作者：Seneca
- 出版時間：2005年2月24日
- 出版社：Penguin Classics
- 頁數：320 頁
- ISBN：9780140441741
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women, the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero's tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor.
