Octavia
Octavia

Author: A. J. Boyle

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2008-04-17

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0191558354

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Octavia is a work of exceptional historical and dramatic interest. It is the only surviving complete example of the Roman historical drama known as the fabula praetexta. Written shortly after Nero's death by an unknown author, the play deals with events at the court of Nero in the decisive year 62 CE, for which it is the earliest extant (almost contemporary) literary source; its main themes are sex, murder, politics, power and the perceptions and constructions of history. It is a powerful, lyrical and spectacular play. This is the first critical edition of Octavia, with verse translation and commentary, which aims to elucidate the text dramatically as well as philologically, and to locate it firmly in its historical and theatrical context. The verse translation is designed for both performance and serious study.

L. Annaeus Seneca Troades
L. Annaeus Seneca Troades

Author: Atze J. Keulen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 9004351086

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A.J. Keulen’s new commentary on Seneca’s Troades is the fruit of a lifetime devotion to this play. This extensive philological commentary on the Troades is a most welcome contribution to the study of Seneca’s plays. Meaning, history and usage of Seneca’s vocabulary are thoroughly discussed. The author provides ample comparison with Senecan prose and rival poets. In addition, the commentary addresses composition and word order, and discusses textual, metrical and grammatical difficulties. A full bibliography and three indices complete this valuable book.

A History of Roman Literature (2 vols.)
A History of Roman Literature (2 vols.)

Author: M. von Albrecht

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 1864

ISBN-13: 9004329900

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Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.

Seneca: Agamemnon
Seneca: Agamemnon

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-08-26

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780521609333

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In this edition Professor Tarrant provides a much needed critical text.

Seneca - Hercules Furens
Seneca - Hercules Furens

Author: Margarethe Billerbeck

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 759

ISBN-13: 9004351434

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This is most comprehensive study of Seneca's Hercules Furens to date and indeed of any Roman tragedy. Apart from illustrating the poetic language, the literary conventions and the dramatic technique of the play, the book highlights the figure of the Roman Hercules in relation to its Greek model, the Euripidean Herakles. The comprehensive introduction on myth, modern interpretations and textual transmission of the play is followed by a discussion of the newly discovered collation of the codex Etruscus by J.F. Gronovius. The detailed commentary is provided with a new critical edition and a new German translation. The work includes a full bibliography, an analytical index and a complete index of passages cited. Special attention is given to literary motifs and topoi as well as to Seneca's poetic language in its pivotal position between the Augustan poets and Neronian-Flavian epic.