Phaedra /

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Author / Creator:Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Description:x, 219 p. ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Latin
Series:Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
Subject:Phaedra -- (Greek mythological character)
Phaedra (Greek mythology) -- Drama.
Drama.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1045361
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Other authors / contributors:Coffey, Michael
Mayer, Roland, 1947-
ISBN:0521200857
0521337135 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 209-214.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The life of Seneca
  • 2. The dating of Seneca's tragedies
  • 3. The background of the myth
  • 4. Roman literary influences
  • 5. Dramatic performances
  • 6. Rhetorical elements
  • 7. Aspects of literary craftsmanship
  • 8. Literary and philosophical interpretation
  • 9. The manuscripts and the transmission of the text
  • 10. The influence of Seneca's tragedies and of the Phaedra myth
  • 11. Metre and prosody
  • Annaei Senecae Phaedra
  • Commentary
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes