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The historical tragedy Octauia focuses on Nero's divorce from the princess Octavia and subsequent marriage to Poppaea Sabina. The book includes a full length introduction, a new edition of the text based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts, and a detailed commentary dealing with textual, linguistic, and literary points.

Latin drama (Tragedy) --- History and criticism. --- Octavia, --- Rome --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- History

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In Brill's Companion to the Reception of Senecan Tragedy, Eric Dodson-Robinson incorporates essays by specialists working across disciplines and national literatures into a subtle narrative tracing the diverse scholarly, literary and theatrical receptions of Seneca's tragedies. The tragedies, influential throughout the Roman world well beyond Seneca's time, plunge into obscurity in Late Antiquity and nearly disappear during the Middle Ages. Profound consequences follow from the rediscovery of a dusty manuscript containing nine plays attributed to Seneca: it is seminal to both the renaissance of tragedy and the birth of Humanism. Canonical Western writers from Antiquity to the present have revisited, transformed, and eviscerated Senecan precedents to develop, in Dodson-Robinson's words, "competing tragic visions of agency and the human place in the universe.

Comparative literature --- Seneca [Younger] --- Latin drama (Tragedy) --- History and criticism --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, --- Appreciation --- Art appreciation --- Latin drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, - approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. - Tragedies --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, - approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. - Appreciation --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, - approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. --- History and criticism. --- Appreciation.

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Die Römische Tragödie der archaischen Epoche, der augusteischen Klassik und der frühen Kaiserzeit ist mit Ausnahme der Tragödien Senecas nur in zahlreichen Fragmenten erhalten. In über 30 Aufsätzen aus den Jahren 1972 bis 2014, von denen eine Reihe unpubliziert ist, zeigt der Verfasser, dass die politische Grundierung ein durchgehendes Charakteristikum der Römischen Tragödie ist. Die Sagen von den zahlreichen griechischen Helden, die seit Homers Zeit nach Italien kamen, lieferten dankbare Stoffe, um die römische Frühgeschichte aufzubessern. Diese aitiologischen Tendenzen verliehen der republikanischen und augusteischen Tragödie einen panegyrischen Grundzug. Es ist durch die politischen Verhältnisse der Kaiserzeit bedingt, dass die Panegyrik vielfach in Opposition umschlug. Weiterhin wird herausgestellt, dass aufgrund dieser Entwicklung Seneca aus stoischem Blickwinkel den Einzelnen in den Mittelpunkt rückte und einerseits seine Unfähigkeit zu einer disziplinierten Lebensweise, andererseits seine Fähigkeit, ein widriges Schicksal souverän zu meistern, zur Darstellung brachte. The collected papers in this volume, many of them previously unpublished, demonstrate the politcial character of Roman tragedy and show that, during the Imperial period, panegyrics often shifted to opposition.

Latin drama (Tragedy) --- Latin drama (Tragedy). --- History and criticism. --- Plautus, Titus Maccius. --- Terence. --- Terence --- Terenz --- Terenzio Afro, Publio --- Plaute --- Plauto, Tito Maccio --- Plautus, Titus Maccius --- Terentius, P. --- Afer, Publius Terentius --- Afro, Publio Terencio --- Terencjusz --- Terent︠s︡iĭ, Publiĭ --- Terencio --- Terencio Afro, Publio --- Terentios --- Terenzio --- Terentius Apher, Publius --- Apher, Publius Terentius --- טרנטיוס --- Terentius Afer, Publius --- Komödie. --- Latein. --- Lucius Annaeus Seneca. --- Roman literature. --- Römische Literatur. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Plavt, Tit Makt︠s︡iĭ --- Plautus, M. Accius --- Plautus --- Plautus, M. Attius --- Plautus, Marcus Actius --- Plautus, Marcus Accius --- Plautus, Marcus Attius --- Plauto, Marco Accio --- Plautos, Titos Makkios --- פלאוטוס --- Terentius

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"The 1st-century Roman tragedies of Seneca, like all ancient drama, do not contain the sort of external stage directions that we are accustomed to today; nevertheless, a careful reading of the plays reveals such stage business as entrances, exits, setting, sound effects, emotions of the characters, etc. The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedy teases out these dramaturgical elements in Seneca's work and uses them both to aid in the interpretation of the plays and to show the playwright's artistry. Thomas D. Kohn provides a detailed overview of the corpus, laying the groundwork for appreciating Seneca's techniques in the individual dramas. Each of the chapters explores an individual tragedy in detail, discussing the dramatis personae and examining how the roles would be distributed among a limited number of actors, as well as the identity of the Chorus. The Dramaturgy of Senecan Tragedy makes a compelling argument for Seneca as an artist and a dramaturg in the true sense of the word: "a maker of drama." While other scholars have applied this type of performance criticism to individual tragedies or scenes, this is the first comprehensive study of all the plays in 25 years, and the first ever to consider not just stagecraft, but also metatheatrical issues such as the significant distribution of roles among a limited number of actors, as well as emotional states of the characters. Scholars of classics and theater, as well as those looking to stage the plays, will find much of interest in this study"--

Latin drama (Tragedy) --- History and criticism. --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Tragedies. --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus --- Seneca --- Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, --- Seneca, Annaeus, --- Seneca, --- Seneca, L. A. --- Seneca, Lucio Anneo, --- Seneka, --- Seneka, L. Annėĭ, --- Sénèque, --- סנקא, לוציוס אנאוס --- Pseudo-Seneca

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Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition.

European drama --- Latin drama (Tragedy) --- European drama (Tragedy) --- Mythology, Greek, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Roman influences. --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus --- Seneca --- Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, --- Seneca, Annaeus, --- Seneca, --- Seneca, L. A. --- Seneca, Lucio Anneo, --- Seneka, --- Seneka, L. Annėĭ, --- Sénèque, --- סנקא, לוציוס אנאוס --- Pseudo-Seneca --- Influence. --- Mythology, Classical, in literature --- Tragedy --- Roman influences --- History and criticism --- Appreciation --- Tragedies. --- Drama --- Mythology, Classical, in literature. --- Tragedy. --- Tragedies --- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) --- Influence --- Mythology [Greek ] in literature --- European drama - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism. --- European drama (Tragedy) - Roman influences.