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Oedipus Rex
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 429 BCE, 1,530 lines)Introduction – Oedipus Story “Oedipus the King” (Gr: “Oidipous Tyrannos”; Lat: “Oedipus Rex”) is a tragedy...
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Agamemnon
(Tragedy, Latin/Roman, c. 55 CE, 1,012 lines)Introduction "Agamemnon" is a tragedy by the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger, written around 55 CE...
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Phaedra
(Tragedy, Latin/Roman, c. 50 CE, 1,280 lines)Introduction "Phaedra" (sometimes known as "Hippolytus") is a tragedy by the Roman playwright Seneca t...
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Medea
(Tragedy, Latin/Roman, c. 50 CE, 1,027 lines)Introduction "Medea" is one of the best known of the tragedies of Roman playwright Seneca the Younger,...
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Ars Amatoria
(Didactic/Elegiac Poem, Latin/Roman, 1 CE, 2,330 lines)Introduction "Ars Amatoria" ("The Art of Love") is a collection of 57 didactic poems (or, pe...
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Amores
(Elegiac Poem, Latin/Roman, c. 16 BCE, 2,490 lines)Introduction “Amores” (“Loves” or “Amours”) is a collection of 49 elegies by the Roman lyric poe...
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Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire (Catullus 8)
(Lyric Poem, Latin/Roman, c. 65 BCE, 19 lines)Introduction “Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire” (“Wretched Catullus, you should cease to be useless”) ...
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Catullus 5
(Lyric Poem, Latin/Roman, c. 65 BCE, 13 lines)Introduction "Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus" ("Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love") is a pas...
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The Argonautica
(Epic Poem, Greek, c. 246 BCE, 5,835 lines)Introduction "The Argonautica" is the best known work by the 3rd Century BCE Hellenistic poet and schola...
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Peace
(Comedy, Greek, 421 BCE, 1,357 lines)Introduction "Peace" (Gr: "Eirene") is a comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It won second pr...
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Cyclops
(Tragicomedy, Greek, c. 408 BCE, 709 lines) Introduction | Synopsis | Analysis | ResourcesIntroduction "Cyclops" (Gr: "Kyklops") is a satyr play by...
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The Phoenician Women
"The Phoenician Women" (Gr: "Phoinissai"; Lat: "Phoenissae") is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It was written between 411 and...