Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy)
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Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) is a first-century Roman historical drama, traditionally attributed to Seneca, that portrays the political and domestic turmoil surrounding Emperor Nero and his repudiated wife Octavia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) canonical | 2 |
| Octavia (Latin tragedy) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literary work
ⓘ
Roman tragedy ⓘ fabula praetexta ⓘ historical drama ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| authorship | unknown author ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus |
pseudo-Senecan
ⓘ
spurious ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| depicts |
Roman crowd unrest
ⓘ
popular sympathy for Octavia ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Prefect of the Praetorian Guard
ⓘ
Tigellinus ⓘ |
| form | verse drama ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance Neo-Latin tragedy
ⓘ
early modern European drama about Nero ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Silver Age of Latin literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Silver Age Latin literature
|
| literaryTradition | Senecan tragic tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Agrippina (ghost)
ⓘ
Chorus of Romans ⓘ Nero ⓘ Octavia ⓘ Poppaea Sabina ⓘ Seneca the Younger ⓘ
surface form:
Seneca the Younger (character)
|
| meter |
Latin iambic trimeter (dialogue)
ⓘ
lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
domestic conflict in the imperial household
ⓘ
political turmoil under Nero ⓘ repudiation and exile of Octavia ⓘ rise of Poppaea as Nero’s wife ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of pseudo-Senecan tragedies ⓘ |
| portraysEvent |
Nero’s divorce from Octavia
ⓘ
execution of Octavia ⓘ exile of Octavia to Pandateria ⓘ marriage of Nero and Poppaea ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | reign of Nero ⓘ |
| setInYear | AD 62 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Rome
ⓘ
imperial palace ⓘ |
| survivingStatus | extant ⓘ |
| theme |
Stoic moral critique of despotism
ⓘ
abuse of imperial power ⓘ female suffering ⓘ injustice ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| titleCharacter |
Octavia (wife of Nero)
ⓘ
surface form:
Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina
|
| traditionalAttribution | Seneca the Younger ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Octavia (Latin tragedy)