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Seneca's Oedipus is a work of exceptional historical and dramatic interest. It is the only surviving ancient Roman play on one of the most important and enduring myths of European intellectual history. It is poetically experimental, intellectually complex, and theatrically spectacular; its themes include the psychology of guilt, fear and reason, the ethics and limits of power, the order of fate and history, and the nature of tragic theatre. The...
About the Author
A. J. Boyle is Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California.
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"Boyle's commentary offers a fresh view of this play that reveals Seneca's own fresh interpretation of the Oedipus myth. When he needs to prove a point, Boyle is concise and clear in his argumentation and, when commenting on passages, he is fluid in moving between grammatical/syntactical details and meatier subjects. The notes offer a rich supply of pertinent information and will be of great use to scholars working on the...
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0199547718
- ISBN 13 9780199547715
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages564
- EditorBoyle A. J.
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