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  2. Senecan tragedy - Wikipedia

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    Senecan tragedy refers to a set of ten ancient Roman tragedies, [1] eight of which were probably written by the Stoic philosopher and politician Lucius Annaeus Seneca. [2] Senecan tragedy, much like any particular type of tragedy, had specific characteristics to help classify it. The three characteristics of Senecan tragedy were: five separate ...

  3. List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays - Wikipedia

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    Senecan tragedy specifically features a declamatory style, and most of his plays use exaggerations in order to make his points more persuasive. They explored the psychology of the mind through monologues, focusing on one's inner thoughts, the central causes of their emotional conflicts, dramatizing emotion in a way that became central to Roman ...

  4. Category:Plays by Seneca the Younger - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Medea (Seneca) - Wikipedia

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    Medea is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragedy with Greek subject) of about 1027 lines of verse written by Seneca the Younger. It is generally considered to be the strongest of his earlier plays. [1] It was written around 50 CE. The play is about the vengeance of Medea against her betraying husband Jason and King Creon.

  6. Theatre of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Nine of Seneca's tragedies survive, all of which are fabulae crepidatae; a fabula crepidata or fabula cothurnata is a Latin tragedy with Greek subjects. Seneca appears as a character in the tragedy Octavia, the only extant example of fabula praetexta (tragedies based on Roman subjects, first created by Naevius), and as a result, the play was ...

  7. Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, Gushes About ...

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    Slaven Vlasic/Getty. Bill Bellichick and Jordon Hudson attend The American Museum of Natural History's 2024 Museum Gala at American Museum of Natural History on Dec. 5, 2024 in New York City.

  8. A 17-Year-Old Was Killed In Her Home. Was It A Burglary Gone ...

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    Earlier this month on the anniversary of Maggie’s death, authorities once again asked anyone with information to come forward. “It’s a very disturbing sort of thing to be living in a place ...

  9. Octavia (play) - Wikipedia

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    Octavia is a Roman tragedy that focuses on three days in the year 62 AD during which Nero divorced and exiled his wife Claudia Octavia and married another (Poppaea Sabina).The play also deals with the irascibility of Nero and his inability to take heed of the philosopher Seneca's advice to rein in his passions.