Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Hercules Oetaeus

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Name (Latin)
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Hercules Oetaeus
Other forms of name
nnea Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Hercules Oetaeus
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Hercule sur l'Oeta
Hercules Oetaeus
Beginning or single date created
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Form of work
Plays (Document genre)
Latin drama (Tragedy)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 298863824
Wikidata: Q3785160
Library of congress: n 91002263
Sources of Information
  • Auvray, C.-E. Folie et douleur dans Hercule furieux et Hercule sur l'Oeta.
  • Brill's new Pauly online, 30 September 2013(Hercules Oetaeus; Roman tragedy by an unknown author, handed down in the corpus of Seneca's tragedies, probably written late 1st century AD)
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Wikipedia description:

Hercules Oetaeus (lit. 'Hercules on Mount Oeta') is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragedy with Greek subject) of c. 1996 lines of verse which survived as one of Lucius Annaeus Seneca's tragedies. It tells the story of Hercules' betrayal by his jealous wife, Deianira, followed by his death and apotheosis. The general opinion is that the play is not Seneca's, but was written in close imitation.

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