Open AccessFinalidad político-didáctica de las tragedias de Séneca
Author(s) -
Andrés Pociña Pérez
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1976.v44.i2.927
Subject(s) - politics , drama , philosophy , literature , survival of the fittest , humanities , art , law , political science , evolutionary biology , biology
On the basis that Seneca's tragedies were written to be rehearsed (cf. Emerita 41, 1973, pp. 297-308) the author studies thoroughly their political content, based in the philosophical thought of the neo-stoic school. Seneca tried in this way to lecture Nero on the fittest system to rule. This thesis is supported by several evidences: chronology of the tragedies, Nero's fondness to drama and likeness of Seneca's political views with those of his tragedies