- Tytuł:
- The Portrayal of Seneca in the Octavia and in Tacitus’ Annals
- Autorzy:
- Pigoń, Jakub
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1045976.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2017-12-15
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
- Tematy:
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Seneca the Younger
Octavia Praetexta
Tacitus
Nero
characterisation in literature
Roman literature (1st and 2nd cent. AD)
Roman Empire - Opis:
- The paper examines the representation of Seneca in two literary works of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, the anonymous tragedy Octavia and the Annals by Tacitus. In the Octavia Seneca appears as the emperor Nero’s upright but unhappy teacher trying in vain to inculcate salutary advice to his master. There is no question of his being responsible for the crimes of Nero; the picture of him drawn in the play is wholly favourable. The portrayal of Seneca in Tacitus’ Annals is more complex and nuanced, and only seldom does the historian give his own views about Nero’s advisor. However, it would be wrong to suppose that Seneca is harshly criticised by Tacitus.
- Źródło:
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Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae; 2017, 27, 3; 169-187
0302-7384 - Pojawia się w:
- Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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