[1042]. Tac. Ann. xv. 63.

[1043]. See Nisard.

[1044]. lxxxvi.

[1045]. liv.

[1046]. v. 156.

[1047]. v. 393.

[1048]. Of the closeness with which Seneca imitated the Greek tragic poets, the two following passages will serve as specimens:—

Animam senilem mollis exsolvit sopor.

Œdip. 788.

Σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ’ εὐνάζει ῥοπή.