Seneca

Neil Bernstein

earliest edition we have, 2017 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017

Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca's play Hercules Furens presents the hero at a moment of triumph turned to tragedy. Hercules returns from his final labor, his journey to the Underworld, and then slaughters his family in an episode of madness. This play exerted great influence on Shakespeare and other Renaissance tragedians, and also inspired contemporary adaptations in film, TV, a...

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Seneca edition · 2021 · Dickinson College Commentaries · 9781947822160
Seneca paperback · 2018 · Bloomsbury Academic · 168 pages · 9781350080812
Seneca edition · 2017 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781474254939
Seneca edition · 2017 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781474254915
Seneca hardcover · 2017 · Bloomsbury Academic · 168 pages · 9781474254922

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