{"id":11333,"date":"2020-08-05T14:01:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/?p=11333"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:36:09","slug":"dawn-at-thebes-seneca-hercules-furens-125-201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/2020\/08\/05\/dawn-at-thebes-seneca-hercules-furens-125-201\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11333-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>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 can be just as full of ambition, greed, and corruption as city life. But the sentiments are conventional.) The poetry here is more lyrical and contemplative than the thrusting, fiery rage of the opening monologue. The meter is in anapestic dimeters.<\/p>\n<p>Iam r\u0101ra micant \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 125<\/p>\n<p>s\u012bdera pr\u014dn\u014d languida mund\u014d; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 125bis<\/p>\n<p>nox v\u012bcta vag\u014ds contrahit ign\u0113s<\/p>\n<p>l\u016bce ren\u0101t\u0101;<\/p>\n<p>c\u014dgit nitidum Ph\u014dsphoros agmen;<\/p>\n<p>signum cels\u012b glaci\u0101le pol\u012b<\/p>\n<p>septem st\u0113ll\u012bs Arcados Ursa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 130<\/p>\n<p>l\u016bcem vers\u014d t\u0113m\u014dne vocat.<\/p>\n<p>iam caerule\u012bs \u0113vectus equ\u012bs<\/p>\n<p>T\u012bt\u0101n summ\u0101 pr\u014dspicit Oet\u0101;<\/p>\n<p>iam Cadm\u0113\u012bs inclita Bacch\u012bs<\/p>\n<p>aspersa di\u0113 d\u016bm\u0113ta rubent, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 135<\/p>\n<p>Phoeb\u012bque fugit redit\u016bra soror.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Labor exoritur d\u016brus et omn\u0113s<\/p>\n<p>agitat c\u016br\u0101s aperitque dom\u014ds.<\/p>\n<p>p\u0101stor gelid\u0101 c\u0101na pru\u012bn\u0101<\/p>\n<p>grege d\u012bmiss\u014d p\u0101bula carpit; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 140<\/p>\n<p>l\u016bdit pr\u0101t\u014d l\u012bber apert\u014d<\/p>\n<p>n\u014dndum rupt\u0101 fronte iuvencus;<\/p>\n<p>vacuae reparant \u016bbera m\u0101tr\u0113s;<\/p>\n<p>errat curs\u016b levis incert\u014d<\/p>\n<p>moll\u012b petul\u0101ns haedus in herb\u0101. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 145<\/p>\n<p>pendet summ\u014d str\u012bdula r\u0101m\u014d<\/p>\n<p>pinn\u0101sque nov\u014d tr\u0101dere s\u014dl\u012b<\/p>\n<p>gestit querul\u014ds inter n\u012bd\u014ds<\/p>\n<p>Thr\u0101cia paelex,<\/p>\n<p>turbaque circ\u0101 c\u014dnf\u016bsa sonat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 150<\/p>\n<p>murmure mixt\u014d test\u0101ta diem.<\/p>\n<p>carbasa vent\u012bs \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 152<\/p>\n<p>cr\u0113dit dubius n\u0101vita v\u012btae \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 152bis<\/p>\n<p>lax\u014ds aur\u0101 complente sin\u016bs.<\/p>\n<p>hic ex\u0113s\u012bs pend\u0113ns scopul\u012bs<\/p>\n<p>aut d\u0113cept\u014ds \u012bnstruit h\u0101m\u014ds \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 155<\/p>\n<p>aut susp\u0113nsus<\/p>\n<p>spectat press\u0101 praemia dextr\u0101;<\/p>\n<p>sentit tremulum l\u012bnea piscem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Haec, innocuae quibus est v\u012btae<\/p>\n<p>tranquilla qui\u0113s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 160a<\/p>\n<p>et laeta su\u014d parv\u014dque domus. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 160b-1a<\/p>\n<p>sp\u0113s imm\u0101n\u0113s urbibus errant \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 161b-3a<\/p>\n<p>trepid\u012bque met\u016bs. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 163b<\/p>\n<p>ille superb\u014ds adit\u016bs r\u0113gum<\/p>\n<p>d\u016br\u0101sque for\u0113s expers somn\u012b \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 165<\/p>\n<p>colit; hic n\u016bll\u014d f\u012bne be\u0101t\u0101s<\/p>\n<p>comp\u014dnit op\u0113s<\/p>\n<p>g\u0101z\u012bs inhi\u0101ns \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 167b<\/p>\n<p>et congest\u014d pauper in aur\u014d;<\/p>\n<p>illum popul\u012b favor attonitum<\/p>\n<p>fl\u016bct\u016bque magis m\u014dbile vulgus \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 170<\/p>\n<p>aur\u0101 tumidum tollit in\u0101n\u012b;<\/p>\n<p>hic cl\u0101m\u014ds\u012b rabi\u014dsa for\u012b<\/p>\n<p>i\u016brgia v\u0113nd\u0113ns \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 173<\/p>\n<p>improbus \u012br\u0101s et verba locat. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 173bis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>N\u014dvit pauc\u014ds s\u0113c\u016bra qui\u0113s,<\/p>\n<p>qu\u012b v\u0113l\u014dcis memor\u0113s aev\u012b \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 175<\/p>\n<p>tempora numquam redit\u016bra tenent.<\/p>\n<p>dum f\u0101ta sinunt, v\u012bvite laet\u012b.<\/p>\n<p>properat curs\u016b v\u012bta cit\u0101t\u014d,<\/p>\n<p>volucr\u012bque di\u0113<\/p>\n<p>rota praecipitis vertitur ann\u012b; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 180<\/p>\n<p>d\u016brae peragunt p\u0113nsa sor\u014dr\u0113s<\/p>\n<p>nec sua retr\u014d f\u012bla revolvunt.<\/p>\n<p>at g\u0113ns hominum fertur rapid\u012bs<\/p>\n<p>obvia f\u0101t\u012bs incerta su\u012b;<\/p>\n<p>Stygi\u0101s ultr\u014d quaerimus und\u0101s. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 185<\/p>\n<p>nimium, Alc\u012bd\u0113, pectore fort\u012b<\/p>\n<p>proper\u0101s maest\u014ds v\u012bsere m\u0101n\u0113s.<\/p>\n<p>cert\u014d veniunt tempore Parcae.<\/p>\n<p>n\u016bll\u012b iuss\u014d cess\u0101re licet,<\/p>\n<p>n\u016bll\u012b scr\u012bptum pr\u014dferre diem; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 190<\/p>\n<p>recipit popul\u014ds urna cit\u0101t\u014ds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alium mult\u012bs gl\u014dria terr\u012bs<\/p>\n<p>tr\u0101dat et omn\u0113s<\/p>\n<p>F\u0101ma per urb\u0113s garrula laudet, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 194<\/p>\n<p>cael\u014dque parem tollat et astr\u012bs; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 194bis<\/p>\n<p>alius curr\u016b subl\u012bmis eat:<\/p>\n<p>m\u0113 mea tell\u016bs<\/p>\n<p>lare s\u0113cr\u0113t\u014d t\u016bt\u014dque tegat.<\/p>\n<p>venit ad pigr\u014ds c\u0101na senect\u016bs,<\/p>\n<p>humil\u012bque loc\u014d sed certa sedet<\/p>\n<p>sordida parvae fort\u016bna dom\u016bs: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 200<\/p>\n<p>alt\u0113 virt\u016bs anim\u014dsa cadit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2564\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2564','http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=11333-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2020\/08\/Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Seneca-Hercules-Furens-podcast-2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/icon.dickinson.edu\/podcast\/latinpoetry.rss?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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