Octavia

Attributed to Seneca
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-928784-0
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyle, A. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- i: The Historical Context

- ii: The Roman Theatre

- iii: The Fabula Praetexta

- iv: The Divorce and Death of Octavia

- v: The Play

- vi: Octavia and Renaissance Drama

- vii: Metre

- viii: The Translation

- Text and Translation

- Commentary

Über Autor(innen)

A. J. Boyle is Professor of Classics, University of Southern California.