The work traces the death of Claudius, his ascent into heaven and judgment by the gods, and his eventual descent into Hades. At each turn, Seneca mocks the late emperor's personal failings, most notably his arrogant cruelty and his inarticulateness. After Apollo persuades Clotho (the Fate responsible for spinning the thread of human life) to end the Emperor Claudius' life, he walks to Mount Olympus, where he convinces Hercules to let the gods hear his suit for deification in a session of the divine senate. The proceedings ...
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The work traces the death of Claudius, his ascent into heaven and judgment by the gods, and his eventual descent into Hades. At each turn, Seneca mocks the late emperor's personal failings, most notably his arrogant cruelty and his inarticulateness. After Apollo persuades Clotho (the Fate responsible for spinning the thread of human life) to end the Emperor Claudius' life, he walks to Mount Olympus, where he convinces Hercules to let the gods hear his suit for deification in a session of the divine senate. The proceedings appear to be going in Claudius' favour at first until his illustrious predecessor, the Emperor Augustus, delivers a long and sincere speech listing some of Claudius' most notorious crimes. Eventually, Claudius' suit is refused and Mercury escorts him down to Hades (or Hell). On the way, they witness Claudius' own funeral procession, in which a crew of venal characters mourn the loss of the perpetual Saturnalia of his reign. In Hades, Claudius is greeted by the ghosts of all the friends he has murdered, who carry him off to be punished. The punishment of the gods is that Claudius (notorious for his gambling, among other vices) is condemned to shake dice forever in a box with no bottom, so that every time he tries to throw the dice they fall out and he has to search the ground for them. Suddenly, his immediate predecessor Caligula turns up, claiming that Claudius is an ex-slave of his, and hands him over to be a law clerk in the court of the underworld.
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