Seneca and Alfieri

Richard Tarrant

doi:10.4454/dioniso.v13.584

Seneca and Alfieri

Richard Tarrant Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4454/dioniso.v13.584

Keywords: Seneca, Vittorio Alfieri, Agamemnon, Agamennone, Tragedy, Reception

Abstract

This paper discusses one of the most prominent receptions of Seneca’s tragedies, Vittorio Alfieri’s Agamemnon. By means of a close reading of Alfieri’s rewriting of Seneca’s Agamemnon, the paper argues that Alfieri fixed some of Seneca’s problems in the characterisations of Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Electra, and Aegisthus. Also, it deals with two themes of Alfieri’s tragedy, death and tyranny.

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Published

2023-04-14

Issue

Vol 13 (2023)

Section

Articles

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