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Latin 4/530 November 23, 2016 Lucius Annaeus Seneca/Seneca the Younger: born at Cordoba (ca. 4 BCE-1 CE); sentenced to death under Caligula (37-41 CE); exiled to Corsica under Claudius (41-54 CE); Nero’s (54-68 CE) tutor and political advisor; isolated from emperor (ca. 62-65 CE); suicide described at Tac. Ann. 15.62-4 ("Conspiracy of Piso") • Seneca the tragedian: themes of anger/the irrational (desire, lust, domination, self-destruction, madness); loosely based on Greek tragedies/plots, but highly Romanized and idiosyncratically Senecan compositions/spectacles • Thyestes: cf. Accius’ Atreus (Boyle, ch. 4), Varius’ Thyestes (Boyle, ch. 6) • question of performance (public theater? recitation? private court performances?) • anxiety of influence: Augustan poetry (Tarrant, p. 17n.83, “The links between Senecan tragedy and Augustan poetry have never been systematically explored …”; see now Trinacty, C. 2014. Senecan Tragedy and the Reception of Augustan Poetry. Oxford)

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Latin4/530November23,2016

LuciusAnnaeusSeneca/SenecatheYounger:bornatCordoba(ca.4BCE-1CE);sentencedtodeathunderCaligula(37-41CE);exiledtoCorsicaunderClaudius(41-54CE);Nero’s(54-68CE)tutorandpoliticaladvisor;isolatedfromemperor(ca.62-65CE);suicidedescribedatTac.Ann.15.62-4("ConspiracyofPiso")

• Senecathetragedian:themesofanger/theirrational(desire,lust,domination,self-destruction,madness);looselybasedonGreektragedies/plots,buthighlyRomanizedandidiosyncraticallySenecancompositions/spectacles

• Thyestes:cf.Accius’Atreus(Boyle,ch.4),Varius’Thyestes(Boyle,ch.6)

• questionofperformance(publictheater?recitation?privatecourtperformances?)

• anxietyofinfluence:Augustanpoetry(Tarrant,p.17n.83,“ThelinksbetweenSenecantragedyandAugustanpoetryhaveneverbeensystematicallyexplored…”;seenowTrinacty,C.2014.SenecanTragedyandtheReceptionofAugustanPoetry.Oxford)

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• influenceofrhetoric/declamation(controuersia/suasoria;sententia,e.g.,Thy.470immaneregnumestpossesineregnopati)

• Stoicphilosophy

• mythicalbackgroundofThyestes

1. Tantalus(KingofPhrygia,sonofZeus)&Pelops(Hippodamia,Myrtilus)

2. Pelopidae:Atreus&Thyestes3. Aerope;thethroneofMycenae(goldenram:Thy.220ff.)4. Atreidae(Agamemnon,Menelaus)5. Thyestes’return(Seneca)6. Thyestes’revengeonAtreus(post-Seneca:theoracleandAegisthus)

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