Thyestes (Ennius)

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Thyestes is a lost tragedy in Latin by the Roman poet Ennius, assumed to be based on the (also lost) Greek play Thyestes by Euripides. [1] It was Ennius' last play, performed at the Ludi Apollinares between 6 and 13 July 169 BC, immediately before his death, according to Cicero. [2] Ten fragments of the play have been identified in later authors, including Cicero's comment that "Thyestes curses with really splendid verses in Ennius." [3]

An Italian Benedictine monk, Father Pellegrino Ernetti  [ fr ], claimed in the 1950s to have viewed the play being performed in ancient times, using a supposed Chronovisor time viewer, and to have made a transcription. This claim is unsubstantiated. [4]

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  1. ↑ Manuwald, Gesine (2011). Roman Republican Theatre. Cambridge University Press. pp. 48, 52. ISBN   9780511920868.
  2. ↑ Cicero, Brutus 79; François-Garelli, Marie-Hélène (1998). "À propos du Thyeste d'Ennius : tragédie et histoire". Pallas. Revue d'études antiques. 49 (1): 161. doi:10.3406/palla.1998.1512.
  3. ↑ Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.107; Ennius, Quintus (2018). Goldberg, Sander M.; Manuwald, Gesine (eds.). Fragmentary Republican Latin. Vol. II: Ennius, Dramatic Fragments. Minor Works. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Archived from the original on 14 Jan 2022.
  4. ↑ Pilkington, Mark (8 June 2005). "Do the time warp". The Guardian . Far out Science. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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