Mithridates (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Racine
- First Published: 1673
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: First century b.c.e.
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: History, Love or romance, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Brothers, War, Kings, queens, or royalty, Tragedy, Greek or Roman times, Turkey or Turkish people
- Locales: Roman Empire, Rome, ancient, Ephesus, Asia Minor, ancient, Bosporus, Nymphée, ancient
Places Discussed
*Pontus. Historical kingdom in Asia Minor (now part of Turkey) whose independence from Rome King Mithridates the Great fought long, but ultimately unsuccessfully, to preserve. In the play, Pontus and nearby Colchis are the power bases of his sons, Xiphares and Pharnace. Since they have traveled to Nymphaeum, neither is on home territory and each must calculate what he can and cannot achieve against the advancing Romans, the forces of his brother, and those of Mithridates who, believed dead, suddenly returns alive to the city.
*Nymphaeum (nihm-FI-um)....
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