Abstract
Abstract
This chapter treats Seneca’s tragedy Troades. It argues that this play presents hopeless grief as an alternative to and salve against the toxic passions of hope and fear. The women in this play turn to a variety of methods of consolation in the face of their uncertain future—some take comfort in Stoic rationalization, whereas others find paradoxical solace in extreme forms of grief. In this play, the latter, “tragic” form of consolation proves more effective than “proper” philosophical methods. In fact, consolatory methods rooted in extreme grief expose the ways in which strictly Stoic approaches to a troubling future gloss over, aestheticize, and sometimes even take enjoyment in, human suffering.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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