CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Typical Situation, Fetus, Volatile Times
21 Jan 2016
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Volatile times: emperor is someone who has absolute control over life and death of everyone, imperium has been transferred into one man who is able to us it as he sees fit. Means when someone has deemed to cross an emperor, insulted one, or upset him, forced to commit suicide or be executed. Lots of treason trials where people have been attacked by other elites, lost lives in the end and then also people that are involved in conspiracy of emperor who are forced to commit suicide. Seneca medea: tragedy stories of gods and kings, usually divided into several acts which are separated by choral odes. Story in this case involves jason and medea. Jason: hero of this piece technically, and story is about him wanting to marry the princess of corinth, daughter of the corinthians king, set place in corinth, Corinthians are choral ode in background and creusa is the princess, creon is the king.
