THE TRAGEDY OF NERO'S WIFE

Studies on the Octavia Praetexta

Edited by Marcus Wilson

Published as Prudentia Vol. 35 No.1, May 2003

by Polygraphia Ltd

ISBN 1-877332-09-7

This is a special issue of Prudentia with seven articles by an international group of scholars.

The titles are:

Introduction: The Importance of the Octavia by Marcus Wilson.
Authorising Octavia by Sander M Goldberg
The Concepts of Tyranny in Seneca's Thyestes and in Octavia by Gesine Manuwald.
Allegory and Apotheosis in the Octavia by Marcus Wilson.
Octavia and the Roman Dramatic Tradition by Rolando Ferri
Forms of Intertextuality in the Octavia by George W M Harrison
Tacitus Responds: Annals 14 and the Octavia by Frances Billot.

The volume is attractively produced. The coloured cover is designed by Brian Donovan and features Neronian coins from the collection of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Auckland.

Price: NZ$64.50 Purchasers in the US and UK will be charged according to the exchange rate with the NZ dollar at the time of purchase. Postage and packing will be additional and will be charged at cost.