Seneca’s Oedipus

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Seneca’s Oedipus is a Roman tragic play that reworks the Greek myth of Oedipus with a focus on intense psychological conflict, fate, and moral corruption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin play ⓘ
Roman tragedy ⓘ
dramatic work ⓘ
author Seneca the Younger ⓘ
basedOn Oedipus myth ⓘ
basedOnWork Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex ⓘ
character Chorus ⓘ
Creon ⓘ
Jocasta ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
Tiresias ⓘ
contrastWith Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex ⓘ
distinguishingAspect greater emphasis on supernatural and necromancy ⓘ
heightened rhetorical style ⓘ
more explicit depiction of horror ⓘ
dramaticDevice extended choral odes ⓘ
messenger speeches ⓘ
offstage violence ⓘ
form verse drama ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
historicalInfluenceOn Elizabethan and Jacobean drama ⓘ
Renaissance tragedy ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryMovement Stoic-influenced Roman tragedy ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Oedipus ⓘ
meter Latin iambic trimeter (dialogue) ⓘ
various lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ
narrativeElement investigation of King Laius’ murder ⓘ
plague afflicting Thebes ⓘ
recognition of Oedipus’ true parentage ⓘ
self-blinding of Oedipus ⓘ
notableFeature emphasis on rhetorical monologues ⓘ
graphic and sensational imagery ⓘ
strong focus on interior psychology ⓘ
partOf corpus of Senecan tragedies ⓘ
period Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
philosophicalContext Stoic ethics ⓘ
setting Thebes ⓘ
structure five-act structure (conventional attribution) ⓘ
survivingStatus extant complete text ⓘ
theme divine retribution ⓘ
fate ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
psychological conflict ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
timeOfComposition 1st century CE (approximate) ⓘ

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