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

[35] Reading, restitit.

[36] Reading, atras.

[37] Reading, fati.

ACT IV

[Enter Hercules in the extremity of suffering.]

Hercules: Turn back thy panting steeds, thou shining sun,

And bid the night come forth. Blot out the day,

And let the heavens, with pitchy darkness filled,

Conceal my dying pains from Juno's eyes.

Now, father, were it fitting to recall