Sed potestas non solum si invitet, sed etiam si supplicet, cogit: unde se et Laberius a Caesare coactum in prologo testatur his versibus:
3 Necessitas, cuius cursus transversi impetum
Voluerunt multi effugere, pauci potuerunt,
Quo me detrusit paene extremis sensibus?
The first step in providing a proper analysis of the dramatic view Lucius Anneus Seneca held, in regards to his tragedy works, is to investigate his language and precise use of high and pregnant words.