Senecan tragedies
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Senecan tragedies are a collection of Latin plays attributed to the Roman philosopher-dramatist Seneca, known for their rhetorical style, philosophical themes, and significant influence on later European drama, especially Renaissance tragedy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin tragedies
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collection of plays ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Medea (Seneca)
NERFINISHED
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Phaedra (Seneca) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thyestes (Seneca) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christopher Marlowe
NERFINISHED
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Elizabethan tragedy NERFINISHED ⓘ English Renaissance drama ⓘ French classical tragedy ⓘ Jacobean tragedy ⓘ Jean Racine NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Corneille NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Kyd NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on Renaissance tragedy
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philosophical themes ⓘ rhetorical style ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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