Senecan
Adjective
Meaning
of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
Some critics, such as E. E. Stoll, explain this characterisation as a holdover from Senecan or medieval tradition.
Shakespeare's audience, in this view, expected villains to be wholly bad, and Senecan style, far from prohibiting a villainous protagonist, all but demanded it.