Oedipus

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D, creator; Peiper, Rudolf, 1834-1898, editor; Richter, Gustav, 1838-1904, editor

  1. iaciuntur ignes, ipse funesto integit
  2. vates amictu corpus et frondem quatit,
  3. lugubris imos palla perfundit pedes,
  4. squalente cultu maestus ingreditur senex,
  5. mortifera canam taxus adstringit comam.
  6. nigro bidentes vellere atque atrae boves
  7. intro trahuntur, flamma praedatur dapes,
  8. vivumque trepidat igne ferali pecus,
  9. vocat inde manes teque qui manes regis
  10. " et obsidentem claustra Lethaei lacus,
  11. carmenque magicum volvit et rabido minax