HERCULES
9. 2. omnium hominum. This means 'all men' in the sense of 'all mankind.'
3. óderat. Ódí is perfect in form, but present in meaning; and the pluperfect has in like manner the force of an imperfect. 5. mediá nocte, 'in the middle of the night,' 'in the dead of night.'
7. Nec tamen, 'not … however.' See the note on neque enim, 7, 12.
8. movébant. Contrast this tense with appropinquáverant and excitátí sunt.
13. Tálí modó = hóc modó, 4, 20.
20. á pueró, 'from a boy,' 'from boyhood.'
exercébat, the imperfect of customary action, as is also cónsúmébat.
24. autem. See the note on 5, 8.
25. artí, dative of indirect object with the intransitive verb studébat.