[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.