The tragedy Fedra of Miguel de Unamuno has a strong influence from the Phaedra of Seneca, to which Unamuno does not mention among his sources. Moreover, he alludes to the tragedies of Euripides and Racine. In this paper, we defend that Seneca is the most important source of Unamuno. There are some passages that need to be compared with the tragedy of Seneca, because both tragedies present similar constructions in similar contexts that defend this influence. The most important topic in these passages is the opposition ratio/furor, the stoics’ advices of the nursemaid and the mixture of the sayings of the carpe diem and the tempus fugit, which we think are another influence of Seneca.... [Leer más...]