Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy)

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Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) is a first-century Roman historical drama, traditionally attributed to Seneca, that portrays the political and domestic turmoil surrounding Emperor Nero and his repudiated wife Octavia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literary work ⓘ
Roman tragedy ⓘ
fabula praetexta ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition 1st century CE ⓘ
authorship unknown author ⓘ
authorshipStatus pseudo-Senecan ⓘ
spurious ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
depicts Roman crowd unrest ⓘ
popular sympathy for Octavia ⓘ
featuresCharacter Prefect of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ
Tigellinus ⓘ
form verse drama ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
influenced Renaissance Neo-Latin tragedy ⓘ
early modern European drama about Nero ⓘ
literaryPeriod Silver Age Latin literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Senecan tragic tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter Agrippina (ghost) ⓘ
Chorus of Romans ⓘ
Nero ⓘ
Octavia ⓘ
Poppaea Sabina ⓘ
Seneca the Younger (character) ⓘ
linked to: Seneca the Younger
meter Latin iambic trimeter (dialogue) ⓘ
lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ
narrativeFocus domestic conflict in the imperial household ⓘ
political turmoil under Nero ⓘ
repudiation and exile of Octavia ⓘ
rise of Poppaea as Nero’s wife ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf corpus of pseudo-Senecan tragedies ⓘ
portraysEvent Nero’s divorce from Octavia ⓘ
execution of Octavia ⓘ
exile of Octavia to Pandateria ⓘ
marriage of Nero and Poppaea ⓘ
setInPeriod reign of Nero ⓘ
setInYear AD 62 ⓘ
settingLocation Rome ⓘ
imperial palace ⓘ
survivingStatus extant ⓘ
theme Stoic moral critique of despotism ⓘ
abuse of imperial power ⓘ
female suffering ⓘ
injustice ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
titleCharacter Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina ⓘ
traditionalAttribution Seneca the Younger ⓘ

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murder of Claudia Octavia → hasRelatedWork → Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) ⓘ
Claudia Octavia → portrayedIn → Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) ⓘ
Claudia Octavia → literarySubjectOf → Octavia (Latin tragedy) ⓘ
linked to: Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy)