The Tragedies of Seneca
Frank Justus Miller's verse Seneca: Oedipus, Medea, Hercules Furens, Phaedra, Thyestes, Troades, Agamemnon and Octavia.
Measured across the book
Across its 14,651 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 94%). Alliteration runs at 0.99 times what shuffling the words would give (0.34 observed against 0.34 expected). 15% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
Oedipus: Act Iiambic pentameter · 259 linesOedipus: Act IIiambic pentameter · 372 linesOedipus: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 321 linesOedipus: Act IViambic pentameter · 186 linesOedipus: Act Viambic pentameter · 193 linesPhoenissae, or Thebaïs: Act Iiambic pentameter · 420 linesPhoenissae, or Thebaïs: Act IIiambic pentameter · 60 linesPhoenissae, or Thebaïs: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 110 linesPhoenissae, or Thebaïs: Act IViambic pentameter · 301 linesMedea: Act Iiambic hexameter · 113 linesMedea: Act IIiambic hexameter · 262 linesMedea: Act IIIiambic hexameter · 357 linesMedea: Act IViambic hexameter · 216 linesMedea: Act Viambic hexameter · 174 linesHercules Furens: Act Iiambic pentameter · 270 linesHercules Furens: Act IIiambic pentameter · 488 linesHercules Furens: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 379 linesHercules Furens: Act IViambic pentameter · 321 linesHercules Furens: Act Viambic pentameter · 271 linesHippolytus or Phaedra: Act Iiambic pentameter · 432 linesHippolytus or Phaedra: Act IIiambic pentameter · 607 linesHippolytus or Phaedra: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 197 linesHippolytus or Phaedra: Act IViambic pentameter · 207 linesHippolytus or Phaedra: Act Viambic pentameter · 166 linesHercules Oetaeus: Act Iiambic pentameter · 330 linesHercules Oetaeus: Act IIiambic pentameter · 607 linesHercules Oetaeus: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 532 linesHercules Oetaeus: Act IViambic pentameter · 630 linesHercules Oetaeus: Act Viambic pentameter · 500 linesThyestes: Act Iiambic pentameter · 243 linesThyestes: Act IIiambic pentameter · 302 linesThyestes: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 302 linesThyestes: Act IViambic pentameter · 350 linesThyestes: Act Viambic pentameter · 326 linesTroades: Act Iiambic pentameter · 195 linesTroades: Act IIiambic pentameter · 337 linesTroades: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 595 linesTroades: Act IViambic pentameter · 269 linesTroades: Act Viambic pentameter · 145 linesAgamemnon: Act Iiambic pentameter · 113 linesAgamemnon: Act IIiambic pentameter · 313 linesAgamemnon: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 472 linesAgamemnon: Act IViambic pentameter · 99 linesAgamemnon: Act Viambic pentameter · 194 linesOctavia: Act Iiambic pentameter · 441 linesOctavia: Act IIiambic pentameter · 255 linesOctavia: Act IIIiambic pentameter · 108 linesOctavia: Act IViambic pentameter · 147 linesOctavia: Act Viambic pentameter · 164 lines
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