The Mad Hercules
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The Mad Hercules is a classical tragedy, traditionally attributed to Seneca, that dramatizes the hero Heracles’ descent into madness and the horrific consequences that follow.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mad Hercules canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Roman tragedy
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classical tragedy ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| author | Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek myth of Heracles ⓘ |
| character |
Amphitryon
NERFINISHED
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Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Juno NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycus NERFINISHED ⓘ Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act tragedy ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Heracles
NERFINISHED
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Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Heracles is driven mad and kills his own wife and children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Heracles
NERFINISHED
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Hercules Furens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Heracles’ descent into madness
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consequences of divine wrath ⓘ |
| theme |
divine punishment
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family tragedy ⓘ heroic downfall ⓘ madness ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tradition | Stoic tragedy ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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