Octavia. With the fierce leader’s breath the very air
Is heavy. Slaughter new the star forebodes
To all the nations that this vile king rules.
Typhoeus whom the parent earth brought forth,
Angered by Jupiter, was not so fierce;
This pest is worse, the foe of gods and men;
He from their temples drives th’ immortal gods,
The citizens he exiles from their land,
He took his brother’s life, his mother’s blood
He drank, he sees the light, enjoys his life,