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Uniform Title Octavia (Praetexta)
Title Octavia : a play attributed to Seneca / edited with introduction and commentary by Rolando Ferri
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 471 pages)
Series Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; v. 41
Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; v. 41.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. OCTAVIA AND ITS GENRE; 2. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF OCTAVIA; 3. THE DATE OF THE PLAY; 4. OCTAVIA AND THE SENECAN CORPUS; 5. STRUCTURE AND DRAMATIC TECHNIQUE OF OCTAVIA; 6. THE POLITICS OF OCTAVIA; 7. TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION AND EDITORIAL HISTORY; TEXT; SIGLA; INCERTI AVCTORIS OCTAVIA; COMMENTARY; APPENDIXES; APPENDIX A IMITATIONS OF SENECAN TRAGEDY; APPENDIX B IMITATIONS OF AUGUSTAN POETS; APPENDIX C DISJUNCTIONS OF DEMONSTRATIVES IN AUGUSTAN POETRY; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS
Summary The historical tragedy Octauia focuses on Nero's divorce from the princess Octavia and subsequent marriage to Poppaea Sabina. The book includes a full length introduction, a new edition of the text based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts, and a detailed commentary dealing with textual, linguistic, and literary points
Notes Roman tragedy previously attributed to Seneca but probably written by an imitator at a later date
Commentary Originally presented as the author's thesis (perfezionamento)--Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-435) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Octavia, Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, approximately 42-62 -- Drama
SUBJECT Octavia, Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, approximately 42-62 fast
Subject Octavia (anoniem)
Toneelstukken.
Literatura latina.
Tragédia (literatura)
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Drama
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Drama
Form Electronic book
Author Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D.
Ferri, Rolando.
LC no. 2003048474
ISBN 0511062079
9780511062070
0511070535
9780511070532
0511307861
9780511307867