Seneca: The Madness of Hercules
09/12/2018
The Madness of Hercules (Latin: Hercules Furens) by Seneca the Younger is a Latin adaptation of Euripides' play of the same name. There are some differences in the plot. For example, instead of threatening to kill Hercules' children, the Theban usurper Lycus seeks to marry his wife Megara.
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Free online texts
Internet Archive: Three tragedies of Seneca: Hercules furens, Troades, Medea, edited by H.M. Kingery (1908). Latin text, multiple formats.
Internet Archive: The Ten Tragedies of Seneca. Latin text with English translation by Watson Bradshaw (1902). Multiple formats.
Loebulus. L062N - Tragedies I: Hercules Furens. Troades. Medea. Hippolytus. Oedipus. PDF of public domain Loeb edition in Latin and English.
Perseus: Hercules Furens. Latin text. HTML and XML formats.
Theo.com: Herculens Furens, translated by Frank Justus Miller (1917). HTML format.
Wikisource: English translations. HTML and other formats.
Other Resources
Ancient-Literature.com: Hercules Furens.
BBC In Our Time: Seneca the Younger - Radio discussion with Melvyn Bragg, Mary Beard, Catherine Edwards and Alessandro Schiesaro.
Literature and History: Episode 65 - Seneca and the Julio-Claudians | Episode 66 - Stoicism, Seneca, St Paul, podcast by Doug Metzger.
Wikipedia: Hercules (Seneca)
The Great Conversation: Further reading at Tom's Learning Notes
Euripides: The Madness of Heracles
Seneca: Moral Letters to Lucilius
Latin Resources: Online materials for learning Latin.
Bloom's Western Canon: Seneca's tragedies are listed.
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