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Seneca: Thyestes (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)
P.J. Davis
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| #1598971 in Books | 2003-12-19 | 2003-12-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.52 x.2 x5.42l,.50 | File type: PDF | 160 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Review of Davis' 'Seneca: Thyestes'|By Ryan Mease|This is an excellent presentation of the historical context, thematic content, and theatrical structure of Thyestes. Davis is careful to cover contentious topics with measured hesitation. One never receives the impression that Senecan studies are a settled affair, which they are not. I look forward to reading the Duckword Compan|About the Author|Peter J. Davis is associate professor and Head of Classics in the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania. He has published on a variety of Latin authors, including Calpurnius Siculus, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, Statius and Virgi
Written in Nero's Rome in about AD62, Seneca's "Thyestes" is one of the ggreatest and most influential of classical tragedies. As the bloodiest work in the Greco-Roman canon, "Thyestes" was long reviled for its depiction of savage violence and for its representation of human bestiality. Peter Davis argues that the play needs to be understood as the response of a major politician, philosopher and tragic poet to the increasingly tyrannical rule of the emperor. In this c...
You easily download any file type for your device.Seneca: Thyestes (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy) | P.J. Davis. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
