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

Who bears his ills with steadfast soul

Has from misfortune reft away

Its strength and heaviness.

FOOTNOTES:

[25] Reading, quam prosequor.

[26] Reading, patriae moenibus.

ACT II

[In the palace of Deianira at Trachin.]

Nurse of Deianira: Oh, bitter is the rage a woman feels,

When in one house both wife and mistress dwell!