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

That at the sight of Hercules

Great Juno flees the stars? Perchance

Beneath the added weight of heaven

Tall Atlas reels. Or do the shades1600

Cry out in fear of Hercules,

While Cerberus with broken chains

In panic flees the sight? Not so:

Behold, 'tis Poeas' son, who comes

With looks of gladness. See, he bears

The well-known quiver and the shafts1605