Seneca: Medea (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)

Seneca: Medea (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780856686924.

A new edition of the Latin text, with a facing English prose translation, of one of Romes most notorious and ferocious plays. The lengthy, useful introduction examines all aspects of the plays literary and thematic features, placing it firmly within the context of the 1st century AD, whilst also trying to determine the processes that led Seneca to create such a bleak view of the universe. Hines discussion includes a biography of Seneca, a history of tragedy and the Roman theatre, the influence of Stoicism, politics and religion, characterisation, the plays language, devices and structure, questions of staging and the manuscript tradition.