Octavia · late 1st century AD
Persons of the Play
Translated by Frank Justus Miller (1907)
Persons of the Play
OCTAVIA, stepsister and wife of Nero
NURSE of Octavia
POPPAEA, mistress and afterward wife of Nero
GHOST OF AGRIPPINA, mother of Nero, slain by him
NERO, Emperor of Rome
SENECA, former tutor of Nero, and later one of his chief counselors
PREFECT of Roman Soldiers
MESSENGER
CHORUS OF ROMANS, sympathetic with Octavia
CHORUS attached to the interests of the court
The scene is laid throughout in different apartments of the palace of Nero, and is concerned with the events of the year 62 A.D.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Octavia, Persons of the Play. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/octavia-seneca-miller/0/.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Octavia, Persons of the Play. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/octavia-seneca-miller/0/.