CLAS 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Atreus, De Clementia, Córdoba, Andalusia
18 Apr 2016
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Lots of people see it as insights into political society. >translated word for word from greek to latin. Authors would get up and read work aloud. Seneca gave recitation of tragedies but we don"t know if they were ever performed or even written for performance. >lots of breaking of the 4th wall where actors will explain to audience what just happened. Entered the roman senate in e 30s ce. >caligula jealous and tried to have him killed, then exiled. >she wants to make sure that her son instead of claudius" son becomes emperor. >implies that they are getting along really well. When things unravel for nero, also from seneca. >when someone passed away, nero had to comment on it and seneca wrote the speeches. Nero tried to build a self-sinking boat and sent her out for an afternoon cruise and the boat did sink but she survived so nero panicked and ordered a guard to kill her.
