Rome

Thyestes

Seneca the Younger · c. AD 40-65 (exact date unknown) · Rome (Italy) · drama

Dramatizing Atreus's revenge of feeding Thyestes his own murdered sons, Seneca's bleakest tragedy treats unchecked royal power as the condition that makes such horror not just possible but almost inevitable.

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