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Abstract: This thesis examines the particular similarities in both language
and characterization which exist between multiple female characters in the tragedies of
Seneca the Younger and the depiction presented by later historians, most prominently
Tacitus, of Agrippina the Younger. The work is divided into three chapters, each dealing
with a rhetorical stereotype in which the historical portrait ... read moreof Agrippina is cast. These
stereotypes are then examined with an eye toward similar characterizations in Senecan
tragedy. In regard to the similarities between these texts, this work argues that Seneca
designed these associations for Agrippina due to the rivalry that developed between the two
at the onset of Nero's reign. The delicate relationship between Agrippina and Seneca as
powerful members of the imperial court is discussed, with particular focus on why Seneca
would choose to attack the woman to whom he owed his recall from exile and position as
tutor to Nero.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Classics.
Advisor: Steven Hirsch.
Committee: James Harrington, and Kevin Dunn.
Keywords: Classical literature, Classical studies, and Theater
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