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

What cause has left to thee so small a part

Of thy once massive frame?1345

Hercules: Thou seest, indeed,

The shadow and the piteous counterfeit

Of thine Alcides. Come, behold thy son.

But why dost turn away and hide thy face?

Art thou ashamed that such as I am called

Thy son?

Alcmena: What land, what world has given birth

To this new monster? What so dire a thing1350