Six Tragedies Methodology from the Introduction

from the Introduction

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy

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"--Maureen Corrigan

Six Tragedies Methodology from the IntroductionHere is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive, and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behavior. Rape, suicide, child murder, incestuous love, madness, and mutilation afflict the characters, who are