Seneca's "Hercules Furens"
A Critical Text with Introduction and Commentary

Seneca (Author), John G. Fitch (Commentaries by)

9780801475719

Paperback / softback, published 18 September 2009

492 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg

A valuable contribution to Senecan studies this fully annotated edition of Seneca's Hercules Furens... gives advanced students access to a drama which they might not otherwise have contact.... An excellent introduction lays out all basic information concerning the play, including the relationship between the Roman play and its Greek models (Euripides' Heracles). Text and commentary follow; the notes are lucid and address all issues pertinent to the text—Senecan dramaturgy is explicated especially well. The rich mythological content of the play will interest teachers. Thorough bibliography, general index, index of Latin words, and four appendixes on special matters (meter, grammar, and manuscripts). Overall, an outstanding edition of a fascinating drama, highly recommended to all institutions with upper-level Latin.

John G. Fitch's new Latin text of Seneca's play, Hercules Furens, is based on a collation of the chief manuscripts, including the Paris manuscript T.