Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)
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Juno has just finished her opening monologue in which she whips herself into a frenzy of rage at Hercules. As the chorus enters, they sing of the dawn, then deliver an encomium of the simple country life, away from the ambition, greed, and corruption of city life. (Seneca apparently knew little of country life, which […]
Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)