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. Herculem in terris alium sequeris?
  2. quas manus orbis miser invocabit,
  3. si qua sub Lenia numerosa pestis
  4. sparget in centum rabiem dracones,
  5. Arcadum si quis populis vetustis
  6. fecerit silvas aper inquietas,
  7. Thraciae si quis Rhodopes alumnus
  8. durior terris Helices nivosae
  9. sparget humano stabulum cruore?
  10. quis dabit pacem populo timent!,