Hercules Oetaeus

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. insequitur ignem. Caucasum aut Pindum aut Athon
  2. ardere credas: nullus erumpit sonus,
  3. tantum ingemescit ignis. o durum iecur!
  4. Typhon in illo positus immanis rogo
  5. gemuisset ipse quique convulsam solo
  6. imposuit umeris Ossan Enceladus ferox;
  7. at ille medias inter exurgens faces,
  8. semiustus ac laniatus, intrepidum tuens:
  9. 'nunc es parens Herculea: sic stare ad rogum
  10. te, mater' inquit, 'sic decet Heri Herculem.'
  11. inter vapores positus et flammae minas
  12. immotus, inconcussus, in neutrum latus
  13. correpta torquens membra adhortatur, monet,
  14. gerit aliquid ardens, omnibus fortem addidit
  15. animum ministris; urere ardentem putes.
  16. stupet omne volgus, vix habent flammae fidem,
  17. tam placida frons est, tanta maiestas viro.
  18. nec properat uri; cumque iam forti datum
  19. leto satis pensavit, igniferas trabes
  20. hinc inde traxit, minima quas flamma occupat,