Six Tragedies Methodology logic sometimes falls prey to

logic sometimes falls prey to emotion

The Sickness unto Death is as demanding as it is concise

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy

and lyricism are badly needed

Richard Wright

Six Tragedies Methodology logic sometimes falls prey toHere is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive, and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behavior. Rape, suicide, child murder, incestuous love, madness, and mutilation afflict the characters, who are