Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Epipompē in Pseudo-Seneca, Octavia
Pseudo-Seneca, Octavia 756-761 (Poppaea speaking; tr. John G. Fitch):
Line 759 is an example of epipompē (getting rid of evil by sending it against someone else or to a specific place).
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I have decided to visit the sacred shrines and altars, and appease the sovereign gods with animal sacrifices, so as to avert the menace of night and the dream, and deflect this shock and terror onto my enemies. You, make vows on my behalf, and appeal to the gods with devout prayers not to allow any change of circumstances.Margarethe Billerbeck and Mario Somazzi, Repertorium der Konjekturen in den Seneca-Tragödien (Leiden: Brill, 2009), p. 226 (on line 761):
delubra et aras petere constitui sacras,
caesis litare victimis numen deum,
ut expientur noctis et somni minae,
terrorque in hostes redeat attonitus meos.
tu vota pro me suscipe et precibus piis 760
superos adora, maneat ut praesens status.
761 status Bücheler: metus A
