Seneca: Phaedra (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) - Softcover

Coffey/Mayer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521337135 ISBN 13: 9780521337137

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the play's dramatic qualities, examining its Greek and Roman background. The introduction presents discussion of dramaturgy and rhetoric as well as style and textual transmission. An unusual feature is the tracing of the influence of Phaedra's story on later European literature and music. The commentary has extensive notes not only on Seneca's language, but also on plot, characterization, and the use of myth.

About this title

Book Description:

Concentrating on the play's dramatic qualities and its Greek and Roman background, this introduction discusses dramaturgy and rhetoric as well as style and textual transmission.

About the Author:

Roland Mayer is Professor of Classics in the University of London. He has written widely on a number of Roman authors and issues, and in 1990 with Michael Coffey published an edition with commentary of Seneca's Phaedra (Cambridge University Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521337135
• ISBN 13: 9780521337137
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232