Rodoguns

Rodogune is a tragedy in 5 acts (1844 verses) by Pierre Corneille . The play premiered in late 1644 or early 1645, and Corneille thought it was one of his best.

Corneille took the material from the Roman historian Appian of Alexandria . The title character Rodogune is a Parthian princess who arouses the jealousy of the Syrian Queen Cleopatra . Cleopatra commits suicide after a failed intrigue.

Lessing wrote a devastating review of the tragedy in the 29th to 32nd play of the Hamburg Dramaturgy (August 1767).

literature

Peter von Matt : The intrigue. Theory and Practice of Deceit. Munich: dtv 2008, pp. 349–395.

Web links

Wikisource: Rodogune princesse des Parthes  - Original text (French)

• Rodogune. A tragedy based on Corneille in the Google book search (Blankvers translation by August Bode, Berlin 1803)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hamburg Dramaturgy : 29th , 30th , 31st , 32nd play ( Gutenberg-DE project ).