Seneca lingered in pain. The approach of death was slow, and he wished for his dissolution. Fatigued with pain, worn out.and exhausted, he requested his friend, Statius Annseus, whose fidelity and medical skill he had often experienced, to administer a draught of that swift speeding poison, usually given at Athens to the criminals adjudged to,death.
Bitartean, Senekak, heriotzako trantze mantxoa luzatzen ari zenez, Estazio Anneori, zeinaren adiskidetasun eta mediku dohaietan esperientziaz fidatzen baitzen, antzinatik aurreikusitako pozoia eskatzen dio, epai publikoan kondenatuak Atenasen harekin hiltzen ziren berdina;