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Croesus, king of Lydia, ignores Solon's warning that wealth does not guarantee happiness. When Cyrus invades, Croesus is captured and condemned. His son Atis, who has just regained his speech, disguises himself as a Persian soldier to return to court and thwart Orsanes's attempt to seize power. Solon persuades Cyrus to spare Croesus, who returns to his throne; Atis and Elmira reunite.
Nero’s court is shaped by plots against his stepsister and wife Octavia and by the Pisonian conspiracy and its suppression. The political action is interwoven with a contrast between Seneca’s philosophical counsel and the clown Davus’s comic observations.
Croesus, king of Lydia, ignores Solon's warning that wealth does not guarantee happiness. When Cyrus invades, Croesus is captured and condemned. His son Atis, who has just regained his speech, disguises himself as a Persian soldier to return to court and thwart Orsanes's attempt to seize power. Solon persuades Cyrus to spare Croesus, who returns to his throne; Atis and Elmira reunite.
Nero’s court is shaped by plots against his stepsister and wife Octavia and by the Pisonian conspiracy and its suppression. The political action is interwoven with a contrast between Seneca’s philosophical counsel and the clown Davus’s comic observations.