Author | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
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Language | Latin |
Genre | Tragedy |
Set in | Thebes, Boeotia |
Publication date | 1st century |
Publication place | Rome |
Text | Phoenissae at Wikisource |
Phoenissae (Phoenician women) is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragedy with Greek subject) written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca; with only c. 664 lines of verse it is his shortest play. It is an incomplete text in two parts. It is situated in Thebes in Boeotia, the city founded by Cadmus, who came from Sidon, in Phoenicia.