Alia temptanda est via. Alcune riflessioni sui recenti sviluppi della questione dei due Seneca (morale e tragico)

An analysis of the various solutions proposed in order to resolve the problematic relationship between poetry and philosophy in Seneca; a critical review of Dingel’s theory about the gap between Seneca ‘the tragedian’ and Seneca ‘the philosopher’ in comparison to the new reading of Thyestes by A. Schiesaro, The Passions in Play, Cambridge 2003; an examination of the character of Atreus and his role in the tragedy; an investigation about the concept of the Sublime and how it works as a link between Seneca’s tragedies and philosophical writings