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Thyestes

Tragedy by Seneca the Younger

Also known as Sen. Thy.

Instance of: dramatic work

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Thyestes is a first century AD fabula crepidata of approximately 1112 lines of verse by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, which tells the story of Thyestes, who unwittingly ate his own children who were slaughtered and served at a banquet by his brother Atreus. As with most of Seneca's plays, Thyestes is based upon an older Greek version with the same name by Euripides.

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Author: Seneca
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1.Stated in Musisque DeoqueRetrieved 2021-03-02
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Genre: Roman tragedy
Title: Thyestes
Based on: Thyestes
Characters: Thyestes
Atreus
Tantalus
Megaera
Pleisthenes
Has version, edition or translation: Thyeste language: French
Tiestes e Atreu language: Catalan
Thyestes language: English · released: 1902
Thyestes language: English · released: 1907
Thyestes language: German · released: 1802
Thyestes language: Latin
Language: Latin
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1.Stated in Musisque DeoqueRetrieved 2021-03-02
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Country of origin: Ancient Rome
Form of creative work: play
Entry in abbreviations table: Sen. Thy. used by: Perseus Digital Library
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1.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/abbrevhelp
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