Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes

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Seneca the Younger’s tragedy "Thyestes" is a Roman Stoic drama that retells the gruesome myth of the feuding brothers Atreus and Thyestes, emphasizing themes of revenge, tyranny, and moral corruption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literary work ⓘ
Roman tragedy ⓘ
author Seneca the Younger ⓘ
basedOn Greek myth of Atreus and Thyestes ⓘ
containsCharacter Chorus of Mycenaeans ⓘ
Fury ⓘ
Messenger ⓘ
Tantalus (ghost) ⓘ
linked to: Tantalus
dramaticFocus moral degradation caused by unchecked anger ⓘ
psychology of the tyrant Atreus ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
influenced Early modern revenge tragedy ⓘ
Renaissance tragedy ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryMovement Silver Age Latin literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman Stoic drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Atreus ⓘ
Thyestes ⓘ
meter Latin iambic trimeter (dialogue) ⓘ
various lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ
notableFeature choral reflections on tyranny and excess ⓘ
extreme depiction of violence ⓘ
rhetorical monologues ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Senecan tragedies ⓘ
periodOfComposition 1st century CE ⓘ
philosophicalContext Stoicism ⓘ
plotElement Atreus reveals the crime to Thyestes after the meal ⓘ
Atreus serves Thyestes the flesh of his own children in a banquet ⓘ
Atreus takes revenge on Thyestes by killing Thyestes’ sons ⓘ
Thyestes unknowingly eats his sons ⓘ
relatedMythologicalCycle House of Atreus ⓘ
relatedWork Agamemnon (Seneca) ⓘ
setting Mycenae ⓘ
structure five-act tragedy (conventionally divided) ⓘ
survivalStatus extant ⓘ
theme cycle of violence ⓘ
familial conflict ⓘ
fate ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
the abuse of power ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
title Thyestes ⓘ

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Thyestes → appearsIn → Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes ⓘ
Senecan tragedies → hasPart → Thyestes (Seneca) ⓘ
linked to: Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes