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L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae 2 Volume Paperback Set

L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae 2 Volume Paperback Set

L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae 2 Volume Paperback Set

Friedrich Leo
June 2010
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Multiple copy pack
9781108013086
$82.99
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Multiple copy pack
2 Paperback books

    This two-volume critical edition of Seneca's tragedies by Friedrich Leo (1851–1914) was published in Berlin in 1878–1879. Seneca, the first-century Roman philosopher, modelled his tragedies on the work of Greek playwright Euripides. Leo argues that the tragedies were in fact written for recitation only, and were not intended to be performed, although they have been successfully staged in modern times. A classical scholar of some distinction who later became a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Leo's critical edition of Seneca was published early in his career, while he became better known for his later work on Roman poetry. Volume 1 explains his method of textual analysis, while volume 2 contains the text of the six tragedies attributed to Seneca, as well as Hercules Oetaeus and Octavia, which resemble Seneca's style, but are more likely to have been written by a disciple.

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    June 2010
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108013086
    686 pages
    325 × 250 × 68 mm
    1.2kg
    Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC

    Table of Contents

    • Volume I:
    • 1. De recensendis Senecae tragoediis
    • 2. De codice Etrusco
    • 3. De codicibus paralipomeno
    • 4. De Hercule Oetaeo
    • 5. De Phoenissis
    • 6. De Agamemnone
    • 7. De canticorum formis
    • 8. De tragoedia rhetorica
    • 9. De exemplaribus graecis
    • 10. Analecta
    • Index. Volume II: Praefatio
    • Excerpta Thuanea
    • Hercules [Furens]
    • Troades
    • Phoenissae
    • Medea
    • Phaedra
    • Oedipus
    • Agamemnon
    • Thyestes
    • Hercules [Oetaeus]
    • Octavia
    • Mantissa vindicarum
    • Index.
      Editor
    • Friedrich Leo