Epilogue

Abstract This epilogue restates the main argument of this book, which is that it is primarily through the revenge of female characters that Seneca, in his tragedies, interrogates the boundary between proportionate and excessive revenge. It presents summaries of both parts of the book: Part I, an analytical survey of all the instances of revenge throughout the eight genuine tragedies, shows the wide variety of ways in which the theme of revenge is treated by Seneca while highlights the special importance of Medea’s revenge. Part II considers revenge as it is depicted in the tragedies in light of Seneca’s account of anger and revenge in his Stoic philosophical treatise De ira. The epilogue ends by suggesting that Stoic readings of Greek tragedy influenced Seneca both in the tragedies and in De ira.