A Sin Against God: The Rhetoric of Incest in Senecan Tragedy and Tacitean History

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A Sin Against God: The Rhetoric of Incest in Senecan Tragedy and Tacitean History

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Tacitus’ depiction of Agrippina the Younger in his Annales is controversial, as certain elements of this depiction bear a striking resemblance to the incestuous women depicted by Seneca the Younger in his Oedipus, Phoenissae and Phaedra plays, as well as to the depiction of Agrippina in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia. I argue that these similarities exist because both Seneca and Tacitus were part of a tradition of incest rhetoric in Latin literature that encouraged the utilization of stereotypica...

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Masters

Date created

2017

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Calverley, Campbell

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/7768

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Tacitus / Seneca / incest / oedipus / octavia / annales / latin / literature / declamation / rhetoric / education / sententia / agrippina / stereotypes / marriage / death / punishment / influence / intertextuality / oratory / tragedy / play / history / jocasta / power

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