The Tragedies of Seneca
Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, John Matthews Manly (Author) & Frank Justus Miller (Translator)
- First published: Date unknown
- Language: English
"The Tragedies of Seneca" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a collection of ancient Roman tragedies written in the 50s CE. These philosophical dramas reimagine Greek myths through a Stoic lens, featuring five-act structures, violent plots recounted in shocking detail, and lengthy moral meditations. Written by the Stoic philosopher-politician, these works transformed familiar stories like Medea and Agamemnon into distinctly Roman philosophical explorations. Their graphic violence and ethical focus would later influence Renaissance revenge tragedy, including Shakespeare's bloodiest works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “mythological” and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “mythological” in the subtitle, “Mythology” in the subject metadata, and “mythological” in the edition subtitle.
- “mythological”· via Project Gutenberg
- “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
- “mythological”· in subtitle
- “Mythology”· in subject
- “mythological”· in edition subtitle
Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.
Read & download
Free, public copies reported by our sources. Links open the source directly.
- EPUB (opens in a new tab)
- HTML (opens in a new tab)
- Plain text (opens in a new tab)
- Landing page (opens in a new tab)
Project Gutenberg ebook; public domain in the USA. Public domain in the USA.
Not yet in passage search
Pro research answers quote indexed passages. Ask the library to index this book’s public text.
marks a direct file download. Rights vary by country; each source states its own terms.
Buy or borrow
No ISBN on record, so the Amazon link searches by title and author. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. WorldCat shows libraries near you that hold a copy.
Editions
One edition cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition. | 2018-10-03 | Project Gutenberg | English | — | Public domain (USA) |
Subjects
More like this
Books that share this work's traditions, subjects, or authors.
- Read free
Tragedies
Seneca the Younger, François-Régis Chaumartin, Paul Jal, Friedrich Leo, Daniel Caietanus, John Boyd Thacher Collection DLC, John Davis Batchelder Collection. DLC, Gellio Bernardino Marmitta, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Boston Public Library. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare, Jasper Heywood, Alexander Neville, Thomas Newton, John Studley, d. 1617 Thomas Nuce
1493
- Read free
Metamorphoses
Ovid, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.|* Ovid, John Bond, David King of Hawaii Kalakaua, David Kalakaua, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D Ovid, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Isaac de Benserade, Chauveau, François, Imprimerie royale, Charles Le Brun, Le Clerc, Sébastien, Mabre-Cramoisy, Sébastien, Niklas Holzberg, Len Krisak, Sarah Ruden, Publius Ovidius Publius Ovidius Naso, M.J. Griggs, B. P. Moore, Mary Frederick, Rolfe Humphries, John Dryden, Samuel Garth, Jack Shapiro, Robert Squillace, Frank Justus Miller, Ovidio, Julius Ziehen, Banier (Antoine, M L'Abbe), Lee Fratantuono, A D Melville, Emeritus Kennedy Professor of Latin Fellow E J Kenney, Ovide, William Scovil Anderson, Stephanie McCarter, Gerhard Fink, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, Gottlieb Erdmann Gierig, Jan Minell, Pieter Rabus, John Godwin, Publio Nasone Ovidio, Ovidi, Xavier Mata Oroval, Claude-Pierre Goujet, Claude-Pierre Banier, Publius Ovidius Naso, Edward Brooks, Edward Ovid, Ovidius, Ernest Ensor Publius Ovidius Naso, Pierre Du Ryer, Publio Ovidio Nason, Johannes Minellius, Nathan Bailey, F. J., G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Scatcherd and Whitaker, Mathieu Guillaume Thérès de Villenave, Rudolf Merkel, Ovid Giovanni Andrea Dell' Anguillara, C. Luke Soucy, Joseph Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle, Villenave, Otto Korn, Otto Ovid, J. J. J.J. Howard, Henry Riley, Théodose Burette, Etienne Gros, John Clarke, John Ovid, William Thane Peck, Hermann Johannes Müller, Banier M. l'abbé, Bernard Picart, Arthur Golding, William White, William Seres, J. H. Haydon, Maximus Planudes, Jean François Boissonade, Samuel Sir Garth, Laurence Eusden, Arthur Maynwaring, Samuel Croxall, Nahum Tate, John Gay, Freigius, Moritz Haupt, Ovide Ovide, George Sewell, Ovid Vergil, Ovide ; Georges Lafaye, Rolfe Ovid and Humphries, Ernst Karl Christian Bach, Rudolf Ehwald, Ovidb C -17 or 18 a D, Daniel Crespin, Anton Zingerle, Heinrich Stefan Sedlmayer, José Carlos Fernández Corte, María Josefa Cantó Llorca, Charles Martin, Emily R. Wilson, translated by frank jsutus miller Ovid, Moriz Haupt P. Ovidius Naso, 43 B. C. -17 or 18 A. D. Ovid, Nathan Covington 180 Brooks, José-Román Bravo Díaz, Antonio Ruiz de Elvira Prieto, Bartolomé Segura Ramos, RUBEN INTRODUCION OVIDIO; BONIFAZ NU;O, Publius Ovidius Naso Ovide, Stamperia del Seminario, Henry Thomas Riley, Donald E. Hill, J. R. Jenkinson, K. Sara Myers, Ovid Poet, John Laney, Hermann Breitenbach, Ange-François Fariau de Saint-Ange, Pablo Picasso, Giuseppe Zocchi, Joseph Chamonard, Diedrich Ernest Bosselaar, Thomas Farnaby, Friedrich Polle, Johannes Siebelis, Bernardino Stagnino, Carolus Vivianus, Georges Lafaye, George Sandys, Richard Badger, Johann Raener, Henricus Glareanus, Thomas Purfoot, Charles Simmons, Lodovico Dolce, Jakob Moltzer, Ercole Ciofani, Daniel Heinsius, Nicolaas Heinsius, Pieter Burman, Johann Wilhelm Capoferrius, Charles de Massac, Raymond de Massac, Raffaele Regio, Giovanni de Buonsignore, Luca-Antonio Giunta, William Caxton, George Hibbert, Roxburghe Club, Erich Rösch, Joseph Davidson, Jean Matheus, Isaac Briot, Pierre Firens, Michael Faulte, Gerard Jean-Baptiste Scotin, Antoine Humblot, Virgil Solis, Vasiliĭ Maĭkov, Gerhard Lorich, Marguerite Carnec, Olivier Sers, SparkNotes, Raphaello Regius, Josse Badius, Almeno pseud, Ēlias Tsirinkakēs, Jordi Parramon Blasco, Jacobus Rubeus, Henry N. Heale, Gianpiero Rosati, Giovanna Faranda Villa, Rossella Corti, Nicolas Renouard, Publius Vergilius Maro, Henry King, Karl Hermann Weise, Jorge de Bustamante, Pierre Bellère, William Charles de Meuron Earl Fitzwilliam, Edward Glaser, Giovanni de' Buonsignori, Gregor Bersmann, 'Introductiones' Printer of Nebrissensis, Hannibal Gamon, Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes Viscount Clifden, England) Lanhydrock House (Cornwall, Giovanni Andrea dell' Anguillara, Francesco Turchi, Karl Paul Otto Korn, Johann Balthasar Sedkezki, Stephen Gaselee, H. F. B. Brett-Smith, Pepys Library, Paul Brandt, Gwilym Aneurin Tudor Davies, 43 BCE-18 Ovid, Charbra Adams Jestin, Phyllis B. Katz, [name Missing], Joseph Henry Allen, Harold North Fowler, William Francis Allen, Anonymous, J.H. and W.F. Allen and J.B. Greenough, J. B. Greenough, Thomas Keightley, Rollin Mallory Daggett, Royal College of Physicians of London, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Bernard Salomon, Johannes Spreng, John Grismond, Robert Young, Giorgio de' Rusconi, Jacobus Constantius, Giovanni Battista Egnazio, Giovanni Griffio, Placidus Lactantius, Gilbert de Longueil, Lodovicus Rhodiginus, John Andrews
1474
- Read free
Two Tragedies of Seneca: Medea and The Daughters of Troy
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ella Isabel Harris
Date unknown
- Read free
Tragoediae
Seneca the Younger, Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1513
- Read free
L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1821Latin
- Read free
The Tragedies of Seneca: Translated into English Verse, To Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1907
- Read free
The Odyssey
Derek Walcott, Όμηρος, Charles Wesley Bain, Homer, 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Mary Ann Dwight, Robert Southey, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC, Gilbert Wakefield, Samuel Henry Butcher, Andrew Lang, John Adams, Samuel Clarke, John Adams Library BRL, John Knapton, Paul Knapton, Johann August Ernesti, Friedrich August Wolf
1488
- Read free
Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores
Ovid, Arthur Palmer, Kennedy, Grant Showerman, Dagmar Thoss, Octavien de Saint-Gelais, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Isocrates, G. Mathieu, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.|* Ovid
1502
- Read free
The Tragedies of L. Annaeus Seneca the philosopher; viz., Medea, Phaedra and Hippolytus, Troades, or the royal captives, and the Rape of Helen, out of the Greek of Coluthus; translated into English verse; with annotations. To which is prefixed the life and death of Seneca the philosopher; with a vindication of the said tragedies to him, as their proper author
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1702
- Read free
Two Dramatizations from Vergil: I. Dido—the Phœnecian Queen; II. The Fall of Troy
71 BCE-20 BCE Virgil, J. Raleigh Nelson, Frank Justus Miller
Date unknown
- Read free
Iphigenie auf Tauris
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Taylor
1787
- Read free
The Georgics of Virgil translated by Thomas Neville, ..
Publius Vergilius Maro, Ovid, Salvatore Quasimodo, Jane Harriman Hall, Alexander Gordon McKay, Jacques Delille, Louis Fontanes, J. Fr. Michaud, Jean Michel Moreau, Virgil
1517
Identifiers & provenance
How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.
Identifiers
- Project Gutenberg
Cataloged from
- Project Gutenbergprimary57999 (opens in a new tab)
Cataloging notes
- Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
- Catalog id
- project-gutenberg:57999
- Edition coverage
- Project gutenberg electronic edition
- Retrieved