Thyestes (Seneca's Second Tragedy)

Heywood, Jasper / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, published 1560 · tragedy · Translation;Nonprofessional;Closet/Unacted · other editions of this work: 51 (1581)

24chunks

12,280words

7topics

54 %unassigned

Metadata

Title	Thyestes (Seneca's Second Tragedy)
Author	Heywood, Jasper / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Publication year (edition)	1560
Genre (British Drama)	tragedy
Genre group (comparison)	tragedy — from the British Drama label · Annals: tragedy
Play type	Translation;Nonprofessional;Closet/Unacted
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 29 · edition 50 · TCP A11914 · DEEP 43
Edition role	Representative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)	1560
First performance (BritDrama)	1560 [Mar]
Printer	Payne, Richard
Publisher	Payne, Richard
Format	Octavo
STC	22226
Greg	29a
Genre (Annals)	Tragedy
Genre (BritDrama)	Tragedy
BritDrama no.	330
Title page	THE SECONDE TRAGEDIE ... entituled Thyestes
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 1054 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

unassigned

53.9 %

T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm

12.8 %

T1 Death, grief and revenge

8.4 %

T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma

8.3 %

T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi

4.5 %

T34 Thebes and royal catastrophe: siege, sla

4.1 %

T24 Apollo, Phoebus and the Muses

4.0 %

T40 Sin, guilt and violent loss within famil

4.0 %

Chunks in order

#	nodes	words	topic	typ.	opening
1	0–50	555	T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm	0.85	WHat fury fell enforceth me to flee thunhappy seat, That gape and gasp with greedy jaw, the fleeing food to ea…
2	51–101	561	T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm	0.87	Let darkest night be made, and let the day the heavens forsake. Disturb the god of wicked house, hate, slaught…
3	102–140	511	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.75	I follow thee: through all this house now rage and fury throw. Let them be driven so, and so let either thirst…
4	141–183	507	unassigned		Though he full greedy, feed thereon would feign, so oft disceyude neglects to touch them yet: He turn●…s his e…
5	184–234	536	unassigned		Whom feat●… doth so compel To praise, the same his foes to be, doth fear enforce again: But who in deed the gl…
6	235–284	484	unassigned		What mischief new thou in ●…age provide? Not such a one as may the mean of wonted gree●… abide. No gilt will I…
7	285–330	474	unassigned		Who shall of peace the promise give? Whom will he trust? His evil hop●… will soon believe it well. Yet to my s…
8	331–364	553	T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi	0.81	THe noble house at length of high renown, the famous stock of ancient Inathus, Appeasoe and laid the threats o…
9	365–409	477	unassigned		MY country bowers so long wysht for, and Argos riches all, Chief good that unto banysh●… me●…, and misers may …
10	410–456	499	unassigned		Believe me well, with titles false the great things v●… delight: And heavy happꝭ in vain are feared, while hig…
11	457–500	488	T40 Sin, guilt and violent loss within famil	0.82	I follow you. I lead you not. god turn it to the best, That well devised is for good, pass forth with cheerful…
12	501–538	498	T34 Thebes and royal catastrophe: siege, sla	0.83	A lust reward for such desertis, the god (o brother dear) repay to thee: but on my head a regal crown to wear,…
13	539–577	511	T7 The Trojan war: conflict and its afterma	0.76	And poor Laertes thinks his kingdoms all may drowned be, and Ithaca doth quake: If once the force of winds beg…
14	578–628	558	unassigned		In Peloppꝭ Turret high, a part there is of palace wide That to ward the south erected leans, of which the utte…
15	629–682	585	unassigned		He is himself the priest, and he himself the deadly verse With prayer dire from fervent mouth doth sing and of…
16	683–731	534	unassigned		O heinous hateful act. Abhor ye this? ye hear not yet the end of all the fact, There follows more. A fiercer t…
17	732–761	492	T24 Apollo, Phoebus and the Muses	0.72	Which way O prince of lands and gods on high, at whose uprise eftsoons of shadowde night All beauty fleeth, wh…
18	762–796	498	unassigned		The temper●…te gale doth give to sails, the Ram shall he●…long fall a down to seas again, Through which he onc…
19	797–831	489	unassigned		What countenance he then would make: or in what words break out Would first his grief, or how would quake his …
20	832–875	499	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.70	The mind, that wottꝭ before of after ill. the sturdy storms the shipmen overlye, When void of wind th'assuaged…
21	876–924	526	unassigned		I know my brother: such a guilt yet canst thou suffer well o earth to bear? nor yet from hens to Stygian lake …
22	925–970	530	T1 Death, grief and revenge	0.75	A mean in mischief ought to be, when guilt thou dost commit, Not when thou quit'st: for yet even this, to litt…
23	971–1015	458	unassigned		now praise I well my hands, Now got I have the palm: I had been overcome of thee, Except thou sorowdst so: but…
24	1016–1053	457	T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm	0.86	Now fall upon this hateful head, that hath deserved them well. Ye all be plagued wrongfully, your gylts be sma…

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