(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2013-06-30) Pypłacz, Joanna
The present article discusses the relationship between deities and human beings in Seneca’s tragedies. Only
in two of them – Hercules furens and Phaedra – do gods significantly influence the plot. Holding personal
grudges against the main characters of these plays, the goddesses Juno and Venus set out to destroy Hercules
and Hippolytus respectively by exploiting significant flaws in their characters.