18 books like Seneca's tragedies

What to read after Seneca's tragedies — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Tragoediae Seneca the Younger · 1513 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Demanding v.1. Hercules furens. Troades. Medea. Hippolytus. Oedipus -- v.2. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules Oetaeus. Phoenissae. Octavia. Shares: Latin drama, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology, Drama

A story of the golden age James Baldwin · 1887 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Challenging You have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different poets. And, in fact, it matters very little about their authorship. Everybody agrees that they are the grandest poems ever sung or written or read in this world; and yet, how few persons,… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

De sapientia veterum Francis Bacon · 1609 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Demanding The father of Empiricism, the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His pioneering works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. This comprehensive eBook presents Bacon’s collected works, with numerous… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Tragedies Seneca the Younger · 1493 · ★ 4.0 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Demanding "Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Here is the first of a new two-volume edition of Seneca's tragedies.". "Seneca's plots are based on… Shares: Latin drama, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology, Drama

Sophoclis tragoediae Sophocles · 1828 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

Sophocle Sophocles · 1877 · 503p · ≈ 16h · Challenging This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone• Oedipus King of Thebes• The Seven Plays in English Verse• Antigone• Aias• King Oedipus• Electra• The Trachinian Maidens• Philoctetes• Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles,… Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

Eschyle Aeschylus · 1872 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

The lyrical dramas of Aeschylus Aeschylus · 1850 · ★ 4.1 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Aeschylus was one of the most famous ancient Greek tragedians He is often called "the father of tragedy”, since this genre really begins with his works. This edition includes the following dramas: Agamemnon Choephoræ Or, The Libation-Bearers The Eumenides Prometheus Bound The Suppliants The Seven Against Thebes The Persians Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

The tragedies of Euripides Euripides · 1808 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Ten tragedies by one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, namely Hecuba, Orestes, The Phœnician Virgins, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchæ, The Heraclidæ, Iphigenia in Aulis, and Iphigenia in Tauris. Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

Comedies Publius Terentius Afer · 1616 · ★ 5.0 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Shares: Latin drama, Drama

Grecian and Roman mythology M. A. Dwight · 1849 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Mystagogus poeticus, or, The muses interpreter Ross, Alexander · 1647 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Demanding Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Euripidis Tragoediae Euripides · 1823 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

The myths of Greece & Rome H. A. Guerber · 1893 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Challenging This book is a detailed treatise on Greek and Roman mythology, dealing comprehensively with the Gods, demi-Gods and heroes of Greco-Roman legend. Highly Detailed and illustrated, this book constitutes a veritable encyclopaedia of Greek and Roman mythology, including descriptions of notable characters: Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Vulcan, Neptune, Pluto, Bacchus,… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

The new pantheon, or, An introduction to the mythology of the ancients, in question and answer W. Jillard Hort · 1809 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Griechische Mythologie Preller, Ludwig · 1854 · 964p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Ludwig Prellers Griechische Mythologie entfaltet den gesamten Kosmos der griechischen Götter-, Schöpfungs- und Heldensagen als wissenschaftlich geordnetes Handbuch. Schon die Vorreden machen den Anspruch deutlich: Preller sieht Mythologie als schwer systematisierbaren Stoff, den er aus verstreuter Forschung, Dichtung, Kunst und eigener Anschauung zusammenführt, zunächst mit knappen… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

The Trojan War Olivia E. Coolidge · 1952 · ★ 3.6 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Retells legends of the heroes of the Trojan War, which began with Paris of Troy's abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, lord of Greece. Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Aeschyli Tragoediae Aeschylus · 1809 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Introduction in English Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

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