Latin Poetry Podcast
Short Latin passages, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 71
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2020
Horace’s Lyric Meters 2: Sapphic (Odes 1.2)
This is the second in a series dealing with Horace’s lyric meters. The previous installment covered Asclepiadeans. This one discusses the Sapphic stanza, so named because of its association with Sapp…
Tue 24 Jan 2012
Horace’s lyric meters: Asclepiadeans (Odes 1.1)
Herewith a re-do of a poem I have done on an earlier podcast, this time with special attention to the meter. It is part of a series on Horace’s lyric meters. This installment focuses on a meter that …
Fri 20 Jan 2012
Not Going Back There (Phaedrus, Fables 1.18)
Phaedrus Fables 1.18
Nemo libenter recolit qui laesit locum.
Instante partu mulier actis mensibus
humi iacebat flebilis gemitus ciens.
Vir est hortatus, corpus lecto reciperet,
onus naturae melius qu…
Nemo libenter recolit qui laesit locum.
Instante partu mulier actis mensibus
humi iacebat flebilis gemitus ciens.
Vir est hortatus, corpus lecto reciperet,
onus naturae melius qu…
Thu 22 Sep 2011
The Fall of Rome
“De mutata Romae fortuna,” incerti auctoris, ed. N. E. Lemaire, Poetae Latini Minores vol. 4 (Paris, 1825), pp. 537-538.
De mutata Romae fortuna
Nobilibus quondam fueras cōnstructa patrōnīs
subdita …
De mutata Romae fortuna
Nobilibus quondam fueras cōnstructa patrōnīs
subdita …
Fri 22 Jul 2011
The Wrath of Iarbas (Vergil, Aeneid 4.196-218)
The Wrath of Iarbas
protinus ad regem cursus detorquet Iarban
incenditque animum dictis atque aggerat iras.
Hic Hammone satus rapta Garamantide nympha
templa Iovi centum latis immania regnis,
centum …
protinus ad regem cursus detorquet Iarban
incenditque animum dictis atque aggerat iras.
Hic Hammone satus rapta Garamantide nympha
templa Iovi centum latis immania regnis,
centum …
Sun 12 Jun 2011
On translating Vergil (Aeneid 1.305-309, 6.26-27)
Translating Vergil
Aeneid 1.305-309
At pius Aeneas, per noctem plurima volvens,
ut primum lux alma data est, exire locosque
explorare novos, quas vento accesserit oras,
qui teneant, nam inculta videt…
Aeneid 1.305-309
At pius Aeneas, per noctem plurima volvens,
ut primum lux alma data est, exire locosque
explorare novos, quas vento accesserit oras,
qui teneant, nam inculta videt…
Thu 24 Mar 2011
O Socii (Vergil, Aeneid 1.198-209)
O Socii
‘O socii—neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum—
O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem.
Vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantis 200
accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopea …
‘O socii—neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum—
O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem.
Vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantis 200
accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopea …
Tue 15 Mar 2011
Always a Listener (Juvenal, Satire 1.1-21)
Juvenal Sat. 1.1-21
Semper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam
uexatus totiens rauci Theseide Cordi?
inpune ergo mihi recitaverit ille togatas,
hic elegos? inpune diem consumpserit ingens
Telephus …
Semper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam
uexatus totiens rauci Theseide Cordi?
inpune ergo mihi recitaverit ille togatas,
hic elegos? inpune diem consumpserit ingens
Telephus …
Tue 30 Nov 2010
The Elephant (Anth. Lat. 187)
Chief of Monsters
Monstrorum princeps, Elephans proboscide saevus
horret mole nigra, dente micat niveo.
sed vario fugienda malo cum belua gliscat,
est tamen excepti mors pretiosa feri.
nam quae consp…
Monstrorum princeps, Elephans proboscide saevus
horret mole nigra, dente micat niveo.
sed vario fugienda malo cum belua gliscat,
est tamen excepti mors pretiosa feri.
nam quae consp…
Wed 06 Oct 2010
The Glory of Spain (Claudian, Laus Serenae 50-69)
In honor of Spain’s recent world cup victory, here’s a bit of Claudian on the glories of Spain (Hispania to the Romans):
Claudian Laus Serenae
Quid dignum memorare tuis, Hispania, terris
vox humana v…
Claudian Laus Serenae
Quid dignum memorare tuis, Hispania, terris
vox humana v…
Fri 30 Jul 2010
The Art of Love (Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.1-24)
Hi everybody! Sorry for the extended hiatus. The summer should bring time for more frequent updates. Hope you enjoy this bit of Ovid. The translation here is my own.
Ov. Ars Amatoria 1.1-24
Siquis in…
Ov. Ars Amatoria 1.1-24
Siquis in…
Wed 23 Jun 2010
Heavenly Food (Prudentius, Psychomachia Pref. 29-44)
Here is Brendan Boston reading a section from the iambic preface that Prudentius wrote to his hexameter mini-epic, the Psychomachia, composed around AD 400. It discusses food, and how important nutri…
Thu 20 May 2010
The Peaceful Heart (Prudentius, Psychomachia 779-784)
Here is a recording by Amy Hall of a lovely passage from near the end of Psychomachia (or “Battle within the Soul”), written around AD 400 by the Spanish-born Latin poet Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (…
Thu 20 May 2010
Horace, Odes 1.1
Horace, Odes 1.1
Maecenas atauis edite regibus,
o et praesidium et dulce decus meum,
sunt quos curriculo puluerem Olympicum
collegisse iuuat metaque feruidis
euitata rotis palmaque nobilis …
Maecenas atauis edite regibus,
o et praesidium et dulce decus meum,
sunt quos curriculo puluerem Olympicum
collegisse iuuat metaque feruidis
euitata rotis palmaque nobilis …
Tue 16 Mar 2010
Some Hexamater lists
Hexamater lists
All 12 of the chief Roman gods (Ennius):
Iuno Vesta Minerva Ceres Diana Venus Mars
Mercurius Iovis Neptunus Volcanus Apollo
Ingredients of a cocktail called dodra (Ausonius):
Ius aqua…
All 12 of the chief Roman gods (Ennius):
Iuno Vesta Minerva Ceres Diana Venus Mars
Mercurius Iovis Neptunus Volcanus Apollo
Ingredients of a cocktail called dodra (Ausonius):
Ius aqua…
Wed 17 Feb 2010
To a Glutton (Francesco Filelfo, Odes 1.9)
Filelfo Odes 1.9
Si te trux adeo podagra torquet,
nec cessat laterum dolor, podarge,
affligitque premens nec exeundi
urinae reperit viam profusus
imber, pone modum gulae voraci 5
et dirae veneri. Q…
Si te trux adeo podagra torquet,
nec cessat laterum dolor, podarge,
affligitque premens nec exeundi
urinae reperit viam profusus
imber, pone modum gulae voraci 5
et dirae veneri. Q…
Fri 15 Jan 2010
To Aelia Secundula (CIL 8.20277)
Thanks to everyone who voted for Latin Poetry Podcast in the 2009 Edublog Awards contest. I came in a respectable fourth in the category of Best Educational Use of Audio, with 10% of the votes. I app…
Tue 22 Dec 2009
Decimus Laberius
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Laberius
Some fragments of the mime writer Laberius…
Laberius
Some fragments of the mime writer Laberius…
Thu 10 Dec 2009
Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1-8
Quintilian on pausing
Pacing: Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1–8 (Inst. 11.3.33–38, trans. Russell)
Arma virumque cano,/ Troiae qui primus ab oris/
Italiam/ fato profugus/ Lavinaque venit
litora,/ …
Pacing: Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1–8 (Inst. 11.3.33–38, trans. Russell)
Arma virumque cano,/ Troiae qui primus ab oris/
Italiam/ fato profugus/ Lavinaque venit
litora,/ …
Wed 04 Nov 2009
Arms and the Man (Aeneid 1.1-11)
Aen.1.1-11
This is a re-posting of an older installment that some people have had trouble finding.
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multu…
This is a re-posting of an older installment that some people have had trouble finding.
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multu…
Tue 03 Nov 2009
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