Thyestes

Seneca worked as a tutor and advisor to which emperor?

• Tiberius

• Caligula

• Claudius

• Nero

Seneca was a writer who followed which philosophy?

• Epicureanism

• Stoicism

• Platonism

• Aristotelianism

Which ghost comes out of the underworld to curse his family?

• Sisyphus

• Tantalus

• Minos

• Atreus

Although Atreus could be modeled after Nero, which previous (and dead) emperor might have been another inspiration for him? (An emperor that Seneca definitely did NOT like)

• Tiberius

• Caligula

• Claudius

• Nero

In the play Thyestes, what was the first punishment for Thyestes?

• execution

• torture

• imprisonment

• exile

Who are the sons of Atreus?

• Agamemnon and Minos

• Agamemnon and Aegisthus

• Oedipus and Agamemnon

• Menelaus and Agamemnon

What is the Latin word for the advisor to Atreus in Thyestes?

• Satelles

• Ministor

• Advisor

• Seneca

What is the best translation for "Scelera non ulcisceris, nisi vincis"?

• You do not avenge crimes unless you surpass them

• You do not avenge a crime unless you surpass the crime

• I cannot avenge his crime unless I surpass it

• I cannot overcome his crime unless I avenge it