Troades
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Troades is a tragic play by the Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca the Younger that portrays the suffering of the Trojan women after the fall of Troy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Troades canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman tragedy
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | Seneca the Younger ⓘ |
| basedOn | mythological events of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| character |
Agamemnon
ⓘ
Andromache ⓘ Astyanax ⓘ Cassandra ⓘ Hecuba ⓘ Helen ⓘ Polyxena ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
surface form:
Pyrrhus
Ulysses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasChorus |
Trojan Women (Euripides)
ⓘ
surface form:
Trojan women
|
| hasForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfEnding | tragic ending ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Euripides ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | drama ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence |
Renaissance tragedy
ⓘ
early modern European drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman adaptation of Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aftermath of war
ⓘ
cruelty of victors ⓘ fate and destiny ⓘ suffering of Trojan women ⓘ |
| meter |
Latin iambic trimeter (dialogue)
ⓘ
various lyric meters (choral parts) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on pathos and lamentation
ⓘ
intense rhetorical style ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Senecan tragic corpus ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Stoicism ⓘ |
| portrays |
abuse of power by conquerors
ⓘ
psychological torment of war survivors ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Trojan Women (Euripides)
ⓘ
surface form:
The Trojan Women
|
| setting | Troy ⓘ |
| settingTime | after the fall of Troy ⓘ |
| subject |
captivity of Trojan women
ⓘ
death of Astyanax ⓘ enslavement of Trojan nobles ⓘ The Sacrifice of Polyxena ⓘ
surface form:
sacrifice of Polyxena
|
| workTitleInEnglish |
Trojan Women (Euripides)
ⓘ
surface form:
Trojan Women
|
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