Scott Smith publishes new translation of Seneca's plays, Sept. 12, 2011
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Phaedra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Seneca (Author), R. Scott Smith (Editor, Translator, Introduction)
Penguin Classics, 2011
From book cover: Living in Rome under Caligula and later serving as a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed extremes of human behavior. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history, but also show how guilt, sorrow, anger, and desire lead individuals to violence. The plays in this volume-Hercules Insane, Trojan Women, Phaedra, Oedipus, Thyestes, and Octavia-present both the consequences of reckless human behavior and the cruelties of fate.
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