Tieste. Testo latino a fronte

La obra "Tiestes" es una de mis tragedias favoritas. En esta ocasión Séneca aborda de una manera cruel y muy fuerte la venganza de Atreo sobre su hermano Tiestes. En verdad que esta familia pasó por cosas realmente terribles. Tántalo fue condenado en el Hades a padecer hambre y sed eternamente tenien Leggi tutto

Atreus, powerful but miserable and consumed by rage, is willing to do ghastly things to keep his kingdom. His guard tells him, it's better to live a peaceful life in anonymity, fear nothing, and die unknown. "Death lies heavily on the man, who dies unknown by himself, but too much known by the rest o Leggi tutto

In the first century of the Roman Empire, Seneca was to write a series of tragedies that, while covering much of the ground of the Greek tragedians, was ever so much darker. Could it be because he was exiled by Claudius for committing adultery (probably a false accusation by Messalina), only to be r Leggi tutto

المقدمة تحرق الأحداث كمثل معظم كتب المركز القومي للترجمة، لكن أيضا تقريبا كل صفحات المسرحية مزودة بهوامش توضح خلفية قصة إغريقية، أو اسم إله ذُكر في الحوار، إلخ، وهي تحرق الأحداث أيضا، في الحقيقة المسرحية قصيرة تمتلك حدث وحيد يتيم. أظن الهوامش كانت أطول من نص المسرحية نفسه ويمكن أمتع منه🤷‍♂️. وأريا س Leggi tutto

This book may have been a tad difficult to read (note: read on an empty stomach because you WILL want to vomit profusely). However, I know Seneca's work is traditionally an attempt to work out his philosophy, and I think he's a successful craftsman with interesting scenes.

Had to read this alongside Shakespeare's Titis Andronicus this week. Hands down no comparison! Sorry Seneca!

Not me doing the optional reading voor theatre history zodat ik meer boeken op mijn reading challenge heb staan😌😳 Would not recommend dit toneelstuk tho (tenzij je kinderen opeten een leuk thema vindt natuurlijk)