plot elements from the story of Thyestes. In 1681, John Crowne wrote Thyestes, A Tragedy, based closely on Seneca's Thyestes, but with the incongruous addition...

In Greek mythology, Thyestes (pronounced /θaɪˈɛstiːz/, Greek: Θυέστης, [tʰyéstɛːs]) was a king of Olympia. Thyestes and his brother, Atreus, were exiled...

a tragedian, he is best known for plays such as his Medea, Thyestes, and Phaedra. Seneca had an immense influence on later generations—during the Renaissance...

Thyestes was the mythical king of Olympia. Thyestes may also refer to: Thyestes (Euripides), a lost play of Euripides Thyestes (Seneca), a Roman tragedy...

the evils of murder (Thyestes), and plays in which poverty, chastity and simplicity are celebrated (Hippolytus). In Thyestes, Seneca portrayed the evil...

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The original cast is unknown. It is based on Thyestes by Seneca. Van Lennep p.285-86 Jenkinson, Matthew. Culture and Politics at the...

Thyestis umbra (Thyestes' ghost), uncle of Agamemnon chorus Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon nutrix (nurse) Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, lover of Clytemnestra...

of exile, Thyestes is allowed to return to Mycenae. However, the conflict escalates when Atreus executes his revenge by tricking Thyestes into eating...

politician Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The group comprises: Hercules Furens Medea Troades Phaedra Agamemnon Oedipus Phoenissae Thyestes Hercules Oetaeus Octavia...

inability to take heed of the philosopher Seneca's advice to rein in his passions. The play was attributed to Seneca, but modern scholarship generally discredits...

Artaud considered Seneca's Oedipus and Thyestes models for his Theatre of Cruelty, originally speaking and writing about Seneca's use of 'the plague'...

his brother Tantalus, were the infant sons of Thyestes and Aerope, who Atreus killed and served to Thyestes at a banquet. Pleisthenes, the son of Menealus...

sons of his twin brother Thyestes and fed them to Thyestes after discovering Thyestes' adultery with his wife Aerope. Thyestes fathered Aegisthus with...

The Pseudo-Seneca is a Roman bronze bust of the late 1st century BC that was discovered in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum in 1754, the finest example...

Online version at Harvard University Press. Seneca, Tragedies, Volume II: Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules on Oeta. Octavia. Edited and translated...

version at Harvard University Press. Seneca, Hercules on Oeta in Tragedies, Volume II: Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules on Oeta. Octavia, edited and...

known as the English translator of three Latin plays of Seneca, the Troas (1559), the Thyestes (1560) and Hercules Furens (1561). He was son of John Heywood...

China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism (2023) Seneca's Medea Seneca's Thyestes Seneca's Phaedra Virgil: The Aeneid (2021) University of Chicago...

the play with a speech reproducing passages spoken by Tantalus' ghost in Thyestes. All action occurs offstage and is related by a chorus, while a messenger...

Voices(Jeff Quartets 2016) Kamran Ince: Thyestes (Seneca Sounds 2011) Gabriel Jackson: According to Seneca (Seneca Sounds 2011) Gabriel Jackson: Rigwreck...

Thyeste ("If such a sinister design is not worthy of Atreus, it is worthy of Thyestes"). This story first appeared in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present...

Aegisthus was the sole surviving son of Thyestes after Atreus killed his brother's children and served them to Thyestes in a meal. While Agamemnon laid siege...

he played the title role in the first British stage production of Seneca's Thyestes. Other theatre roles include Ferdinand in The Tempest and Tamburlaine...

rejected Seneca's Phoenissae, and he ascribed Hercules Furens, Thyestes, Oedipus, and Agamemnon, to Seneca's father. Boyle, A. J. (2013). Tragic Seneca: An...

Winter's Tale Julius Caesar Readings: The Inland Sea (Naomi Wallace), Thyestes (Seneca), Mandragola (Machiavelli), A Mad World My Masters (Thomas Middleton)...

much that is not possible." The second quotation is from Seneca the Younger's tragedy Thyestes: "Credite mihi, amate poenas." ("Believe me, and love your...

and Revenge form a chorus similar to that of Tantalus and Fury in Seneca's Thyestes.: 27  The Ghost describes his journey into the underworld and calls...

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"Seneca, Tragedies, Vol. I: Hercules, Trojan Women, Phoenician Women, Medea, Phaedra, ed. by John G. Fitch, and: Vol. II: Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes...

wife Aerope had given Thyestes the ram, and thus Thyestes became king. Zeus sent Hermes to Atreus, telling Atreus to get Thyestes to agree that should...