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After Agamemnon returns from Troy, Clytemnestra plots with her lover Aegisthus to kill him, driven by revenge for Iphigenia's sacrifice and jealousy over the captive Cassandra. Cassandra foresees the murder, while Electra helps Orestes escape.
After Hercules returns from the underworld, he learns that the usurper Lycus has killed Creon and seeks to marry Megara. Juno drives Hercules into madness, and he kills his wife and children before recovering his senses and departing for Athens to seek atonement.
After Jason leaves her for Creusa, Medea curses the king and his daughter, sends Creusa a poisoned robe, and pursues vengeance that extends to her own children. Seneca's Roman tragedy gives Medea more than half of its lines and a forceful central voice.
As plague ravages Thebes, King Oedipus seeks the killer of Laius, unaware that he himself committed the crime while fleeing a prophecy. Oracles and witnesses reveal his parentage and incestuous marriage to Jocasta. Oedipus tears out his eyes; Jocasta then kills herself, and he leaves Thebes. Seneca’s tragedy emphasizes fate, guilt and a violent, horrific reckoning.
Phaedra confesses her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, who rejects her. With her nurse, she falsely accuses him of assault; Theseus condemns his son to die, then learns the truth. Phaedra admits the falsehood and kills herself.
In this incomplete tragedy, Antigone guides her blinded father Oedipus in exile. Their sons Eteocles and Polynices break an agreement to rule Thebes in turn and go to war; Jocasta tries to reconcile them.
After Thyestes takes his brother Atreus’s throne and wife, Atreus feigns reconciliation, recalls him from exile, murders his nephews, and serves them to their father at a banquet before revealing the revenge.
After Troy's fall, the captive Trojan women await assignment to Greek rulers. Achilles' ghost demands Polyxena's sacrifice, while Calchas says Astyanax must also die; Andromache and Hecuba grieve as the Greeks carry out these demands.
After Agamemnon returns from Troy, Clytemnestra plots with her lover Aegisthus to kill him, driven by revenge for Iphigenia's sacrifice and jealousy over the captive Cassandra. Cassandra foresees the murder, while Electra helps Orestes escape.
After Hercules returns from the underworld, he learns that the usurper Lycus has killed Creon and seeks to marry Megara. Juno drives Hercules into madness, and he kills his wife and children before recovering his senses and departing for Athens to seek atonement.
After Jason leaves her for Creusa, Medea curses the king and his daughter, sends Creusa a poisoned robe, and pursues vengeance that extends to her own children. Seneca's Roman tragedy gives Medea more than half of its lines and a forceful central voice.
As plague ravages Thebes, King Oedipus seeks the killer of Laius, unaware that he himself committed the crime while fleeing a prophecy. Oracles and witnesses reveal his parentage and incestuous marriage to Jocasta. Oedipus tears out his eyes; Jocasta then kills herself, and he leaves Thebes. Seneca’s tragedy emphasizes fate, guilt and a violent, horrific reckoning.
Phaedra confesses her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, who rejects her. With her nurse, she falsely accuses him of assault; Theseus condemns his son to die, then learns the truth. Phaedra admits the falsehood and kills herself.
In this incomplete tragedy, Antigone guides her blinded father Oedipus in exile. Their sons Eteocles and Polynices break an agreement to rule Thebes in turn and go to war; Jocasta tries to reconcile them.
After Thyestes takes his brother Atreus’s throne and wife, Atreus feigns reconciliation, recalls him from exile, murders his nephews, and serves them to their father at a banquet before revealing the revenge.
After Troy's fall, the captive Trojan women await assignment to Greek rulers. Achilles' ghost demands Polyxena's sacrifice, while Calchas says Astyanax must also die; Andromache and Hecuba grieve as the Greeks carry out these demands.