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

(If any cruel king remains alive)?

Oh, woe is me! Whatever orphaned son

Laments his sire will strive to seek revenge1785

From me, and I shall be the prey of all.

If any young Busiris or the son

Of dread Antaeus terrifies the land,

His booty shall I be. If anyone

Would make reprisal for the Thracian steeds

Of bloody Diomede, I shall be given1790

To feed those cruel herds. Juno perchance