Project Gutenberg 2014-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 385 Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 65 Seneca, L. A. (Lucius Annaeus) Seneca, Annaeus Annaeus Seneca, Lucius Harris, Ella Isabel 1859 1928 99004600 Two Tragedies of Seneca: Medea and The Daughters of Troy Rendered into English Verse Produced by Delphine Lettau, G. Decknatel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Two Tragedies of Seneca: Medea and The Daughters of Troy" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a collection of tragedies written in the late 1st century AD. This work showcases two of Seneca’s most potent dramas, which explore themes of revenge, betrayal, and the tragic consequences of human emotion. The central character in "Medea" is the titular figure, Medea, who grapples with intense feelings of betrayal after her husband, Jason, abandons her for another woman, while "The Daughters of Troy" revolves around the aftermath of Troy's fall, focusing on the anguish of its remaining inhabitants. The opening of "Medea" sets an intense and vengeful tone as Medea calls upon various deities, suggesting her readiness to unleash chaos and take vengeance on Jason. Alone and consumed by grief and rage, she invokes dark forces, planning her revenge against her betrayer and his new bride. The introduction of the Chorus helps illustrate the chaotic emotions surrounding the deserted Medea, who feels wronged by the gods and humiliated by her husband's disloyalty. As the opening unfolds, the audience is drawn into Medea's deteriorating state of mind, which promises a poignant exploration of love turned to rage and the tragic repercussions that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46058/46058-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Trojan War -- Drama Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character) -- Drama Hecuba, Queen of Troy -- Drama Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Translations into English PA Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 262090 262099 2024-09-19T09:38:41.112943 2023-09-20T05:57:49.097561 text/html text/html 273474 2014-06-20T19:25:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 113213 2014-06-20T19:27:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 129831 2024-09-19T09:38:49.398898 application/epub+zip 131746 2024-09-19T09:38:43.068926 application/epub+zip 121551 2024-09-19T09:38:42.151938 application/epub+zip 241715 2024-09-19T09:38:52.812902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210786 2024-09-19T09:38:47.823909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200899 2022-09-21T03:55:25.515333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161873 2024-09-19T09:38:39.807993 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161491 2014-06-20T19:25:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 60979 2014-06-20T19:27:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 161518 2014-06-20T19:26:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60965 2014-06-20T19:27:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161687 2014-06-20T19:26:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61002 2014-06-20T19:27:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22920 2024-09-19T09:38:53.741875 application/rdf+xml 13172 2024-09-19T09:38:42.265926 image/jpeg 2243 2024-09-19T09:38:42.208939 image/jpeg 114414 2024-09-19T09:38:41.135141 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia