Seneca, The Madness of Hercules
The Greatest hero of all, Hercules - told by Seneca: Billionaire, Politician, Stoic Philosopher, and... Tragic Playwright.
Highlights and power quotes from Seneca's "The Madness of Hercules":
in a new, brilliant, poetic translation by one of America's great poets, Dana Gioia
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