Thebais

Year: 
between 140 and 86 BC
Genres: 
Tragedy
Languages: 
Latin
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
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Production notes: 
We do not know when this play was first performed. We learn from Cicero (Brutus 229) that Accius was producing tragedies by 140 BC. Therefore the date range for performance given here is set between 140 BC and the year of Accius' death c. 86 BC. It is assumed that the play was produced in Rome.
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How to cite this ancient performance

Thebais, accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/841 <30 December 2024>