Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes
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Seneca the Younger’s tragedy "Thyestes" is a Roman Stoic drama that retells the gruesome myth of the feuding brothers Atreus and Thyestes, emphasizing themes of revenge, tyranny, and moral corruption.
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| Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes Context triple: [Thyestes, appearsIn, Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes]
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Seneca’s Oedipus
Seneca’s Oedipus is a Roman tragic play that reworks the Greek myth of Oedipus with a focus on intense psychological conflict, fate, and moral corruption.
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Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy)
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.
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L’Egisto
L’Egisto is a 17th-century Italian opera by Francesco Cavalli, known for its expressive early Baroque style and mythological subject matter.
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Cato, a Tragedy
Cato, a Tragedy is an early 18th-century neoclassical play by Joseph Addison that dramatizes the final days of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger and became influential for its themes of republican virtue and liberty.
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E.
Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes Target entity description: Seneca the Younger’s tragedy "Thyestes" is a Roman Stoic drama that retells the gruesome myth of the feuding brothers Atreus and Thyestes, emphasizing themes of revenge, tyranny, and moral corruption.
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A.
Seneca’s Oedipus
Seneca’s Oedipus is a Roman tragic play that reworks the Greek myth of Oedipus with a focus on intense psychological conflict, fate, and moral corruption.
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B.
Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy)
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.
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C.
L’Egisto
L’Egisto is a 17th-century Italian opera by Francesco Cavalli, known for its expressive early Baroque style and mythological subject matter.
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D.
Cato, a Tragedy
Cato, a Tragedy is an early 18th-century neoclassical play by Joseph Addison that dramatizes the final days of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger and became influential for its themes of republican virtue and liberty.
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E.
Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literary work
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Roman tragedy ⓘ |
| author | Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek myth of Atreus and Thyestes ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Chorus of Mycenaeans
NERFINISHED
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Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ Messenger NERFINISHED ⓘ Tantalus (ghost) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus |
moral degradation caused by unchecked anger
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psychology of the tyrant Atreus ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Early modern revenge tragedy
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Renaissance tragedy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Silver Age Latin literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman Stoic drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Atreus
NERFINISHED
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Thyestes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter |
Latin iambic trimeter (dialogue)
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various lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
choral reflections on tyranny and excess
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extreme depiction of violence ⓘ rhetorical monologues ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Senecan tragedies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Atreus reveals the crime to Thyestes after the meal
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Atreus serves Thyestes the flesh of his own children in a banquet ⓘ Atreus takes revenge on Thyestes by killing Thyestes’ sons ⓘ Thyestes unknowingly eats his sons ⓘ |
| relatedMythologicalCycle | House of Atreus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Agamemnon (Seneca) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Mycenae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | five-act tragedy (conventionally divided) ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant ⓘ |
| theme |
cycle of violence
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familial conflict ⓘ fate ⓘ guilt ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ revenge ⓘ the abuse of power ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| title | Thyestes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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