Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

Roman Tragedy VII: Seneca’s Hercules Furens, or the Only Man Who Can Beat Hercules


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Juno has plans for Hercules, and they aren’t good. But then, are they ever?

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References

Bernstein, Neil W. "Introducing Hercules Furens." Seneca: Hercules Furens. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. 1–16. Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 9 Jan. 2022. .

Seneca. Ella Isabel Harris, translator. Tragedies, Digireads.com Publishing, 2020.

“Hercules Furens – Seneca the Younger – Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_seneca_hercules.html.  Accessed 9 jan 2022

Wilson, Emily, translator. Seneca: Six Tragedies, a new translation by Emily Wilson, Oxford University Press, 2010.

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