The Tragedies of Seneca / Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

'Midst calm, happy spirits he seeks the great Hector.160

Then hail, happy Priam! Hail all who in battle

Have lost life and country, but liberty gained.

ACT II

Talthybius: Alas, 'tis thus the Greeks are ever doomed

To lie impatient of the winds' delay,

Whether on war or homeward journey bent.165

Chorus: Tell thou the cause of this the Greeks' delay.

What god obstructs the homeward-leading paths?

Talthybius: My soul doth quake, and all my limbs with fear