La geografia dell’adulterio. Ruoli sessuali, mito e tensioni di genere nell’Agamemnon di Seneca

This paper aims at exploring the clash and the interconnections between male and female, Greek and Trojan in Seneca’s Agamemnon, especially in comparison with Aeschylus’ play. After a close-reading of some pivotal passages, I will argue that Seneca stages a pièce based on boundaries violation, with remarkable consequences in terms of poetic genres. The dividing lines between sexes and ethnicities collapse, thus revealing a world dominated by chaos and by the reiteration of an evil past.