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Troades

Seneca the Younger Original title Troades (Latin)

Troades is a fabula crepidata of c. 1179 lines of verse written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

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“Pyrrhus: Mercy often means giving death, not life.”
Pyrrhus: Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.

Seneca the Younger Troades

Troades (The Trojan Women), line 329; Translation by Emily Wilson
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“He who, when he may, forbids not sin, commands it.”
Qui non vetat peccare cum possit, iubet.

Seneca the Younger Troades

Troades (The Trojan Women), line 291 (Agamemnon)
Alternate translation: He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it. (translator unknown).
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