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Phoenissae (Phoenician women) is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragedy with Greek subject) written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca; with only c. 664 lines of verse it is his shortest play. It is an incomplete text in two parts.
The Persians of Aeschylus (472 BC) was modeled after the Phoenissae. The titles of his other known plays (Actaeon, Alcestis, Antaeus, Daughters of Danaus, Egyptians, Pleuroniai, and Tantalus) show that he dealt with mythological as well as contemporary subjects. He introduced a separate actor, as distinct from the leader of the chorus, and thus ...
Lucius Seneca was a prominent playwright of the first century, famous for helping shape the genre of revenge tragedy with his ten plays: Hercules Furens, Troades, Phoenissae, Medea, Phaedra, Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes, Hercules Oetaeus, and Octavia. [8] The importance of his plays lies in the difficulty of the period.
Phoenissae: post quem 60 CE ante quem 62 CE Hercules Oetaeus: 1st century Octavia: ... Aeschylus is the original playwright of the story of the Oresteia, ...
Tragedies written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, who is also known as Seneca the Younger.Octavia is included in the category, as although it is very probably not by him, [1] it is usually included in collections of Seneca's plays, such as the Penguin Classics book of Seneca's plays, Four Tragedies and Octavia
Furthermore, there are six lost plays with extensive surviving fragments, as well as twelve mimes. They range from the 472 BC tragedy The Persians, written by the Greek playwright Aeschylus, to Querolus, an anonymous Roman comedy from late antiquity.
Susarion of Megara (~580 BC); Epicharmus of Kos (~540–450 BC); Phormis, late 6th century BC; Dinolochus, 487 BC; Euetes 485 BC; Euxenides 485 BC; Mylus 485 BC; Chionides 487 BC; Magnes 472 BC
The Phoenician Women (Ancient Greek: Φοίνισσαι, Phoinissai) is a tragedy by Euripides, based on the same story as Aeschylus' play Seven Against Thebes.It was presented along with the tragedies Hypsipyle and Antiope.