Octavia /

• Other Authors: Boyle, A. J. ((Anthony James)) (επιμελητής, συγγραφέας εισαγωγής, μεταφραστής, σχολιαστής)
• Format: Book
• Language: English; Latin
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Octavia, > σύζυγος Νέρων, Αυτοκράτορας της Ρώμης, > π. 42-62 > Δράμα.; Ρώμη > Ιστορία > Νέρωνας, 54-68 > Δράμα.

"Octavia is a work of exceptional historical and dramatic interest. It is the only surviving complete example of the Roman historical drama known as the fabula praetexta. Written shortly after Nero's death by an unknown author, the play deals with events at the court of Nero in the decisiv...

Table of Contents:

• The historical context
• The Roman theatre
• The Fabula pratexta
• The divorce and death of Octavia
• The play
• Octavia and renaissance drama
• Metre
• The translation
• Selective critical apparatus
• Differences from the 1986 oxford classical text.