Octavia (Praetexta)
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Name (Latin)
Octavia (Praetexta)
Other forms of name
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Octavia
Octavia fabula praetexta
Beginning or single date created
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Form of work
Plays (Document genre)
Latin drama (Tragedy)
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Its Octavia praetexta, 1909.
- Its Octavia fabula praetexta, 1949.
- Its The Octavia, 1978.
- LC data base, 10/10/83(hdg.: Octavia (Praetexta); usage: Octavia)
- Oxford comp. to classical lit., 1937(Octavia, a Roman tragedy included in the manuscripts with the tragedies of Seneca but probably written by an imitator at a later date)
- Brill's new Pauly online, 30 September 2013(Octavia; Tragedy of the Roman Imperial era centering on Octavia; transmitted under the name of Seneca the younger. Seneca must be ruled out as author because the play alludes to events from after his death)
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Seneca, Octavia
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Wikipedia description:
Octavia is a Roman tragedy that focuses on three days in the year AD 62 during which Nero divorced and exiled his wife Claudia Octavia and married another (Poppaea Sabina). The play also deals with the irascibility of Nero and his inability to take heed of the philosopher Seneca's advice to rein in his passions. The play was attributed to Seneca, but modern scholarship generally discredits this, since it contains accurate prophecies of both his and Nero's deaths. While the play closely resembles Seneca's plays in style, it was probably written some time after Seneca's death in the Flavian period by someone influenced by Seneca and aware of the events of his lifetime.
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