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Latin Poetry Podcast

 Latin Poetry Podcast

Short Latin passages, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College.

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Update frequency
every 22 days
Average duration
18 minutes
Episodes
71
Years Active
2006 - 2020
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Oedipus’ self-blinding (Seneca, Oedipus 960-979)

Oedipus’ self-blinding (Seneca, Oedipus 960-979)

Seneca Oedipus 960-979
violentus audax vultus, iratus ferox                              960
iamiam eruentis; gemuit et dirum fremens
manus in ora torsit. at contra truces
oculi steterunt et suam int…
Tue 13 Oct 2009
Laocoon (Vergil, Aeneid 2. 199-227)

Laocoon (Vergil, Aeneid 2. 199-227)

Vergil Aeneid 2.199-227
Hic aliud maius miseris multoque tremendum
obicitur magis atque improuida pectora turbat.               200
Laocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos,
sollemnis taurum ingentem m…
Thu 24 Sep 2009
The Parthian Arrow (Prudentius, Hamartigenia 531-552)

The Parthian Arrow (Prudentius, Hamartigenia 531-552)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin-poetry-podcast/files/2009/08/PrudentiusHamartigenia.mp3]


maior inest vis illa homini, quae flatile virus 531
ingerit et tenuem tenui facit aëre mentem.
Parth…
Fri 21 Aug 2009
Of Mice and Weasels (Phaedrus, Fables 4.6)

Of Mice and Weasels (Phaedrus, Fables 4.6)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin-poetry-podcast/files/2009/08/Phaedrus-4.6newnew.mp3]
Pugna Murium et Mustelarum
Cum victi mures mustelarum exercitu
(historia, quorum et, in tabernis pingitur)
…
Fri 21 Aug 2009
To Venus (Horace, Odes 1.30)

To Venus (Horace, Odes 1.30)

http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin-poetry-podcast/files/2009/07/horace-odes-130.mp3
O Venus, regina Cnidi Paphique,
sperne dilectam Cypron et vocantis
ture te multo Glycerae decoram
transfer in aedem
f…
Fri 10 Jul 2009
Jupiter, Life of the Elements (Avienus, Phaenomena 1-23, 41-45)

Jupiter, Life of the Elements (Avienus, Phaenomena 1-23, 41-45)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/avienus-phaenomena.mp3]

Carminis inceptor mihi Jupiter; auspice terras
linquo Iove; excelsam reserat dux Iupiter aethram
imus in astra Iovis monitu…
Fri 19 Jun 2009
Xanthias the notarius (Carmina Latina Epigraphica 219)

Xanthias the notarius (Carmina Latina Epigraphica 219)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/xanthius-the-notarius.mp3]
Hoc carmen, haec ara, hic cinis
pueri sepulcrum est Xantiae,
qui morte acerba raptus est,
iam doctus in compendia
tot liter…
Mon 01 Jun 2009
Jesus in the Temple (Vida, Christiad 1.551-569)

Jesus in the Temple (Vida, Christiad 1.551-569)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/jesus-in-the-temple.mp3]

Dum vero affatur genitorem divus ad aram,    551
mirantes socii templum per singula lustrant,
suspectu molem vasto artific…
Mon 18 May 2009
The Creation of Mankind (Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.77-88)

The Creation of Mankind (Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.77-88)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/ovid-met-177-88.mp3]

Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae
deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset:
natus homo est, sive hunc divino …
Tue 17 Feb 2009
Figures on the floor (Ausonius, Moselle 48-62)

Figures on the floor (Ausonius, Moselle 48-62)


[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/ausonius-moselle.mp3]
I nunc et Phrygiis sola leuia consere crustis
Tendens marmoreum laqueata per atria campum;
ast ego despectis, quae census opes…
Thu 08 Jan 2009
A look at snow (Horace, Odes 1.9)

A look at snow (Horace, Odes 1.9)

Thanks to Wells Hansen of Milton Academy for this guest spot![audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/a-look-at-snow.mp3]
Vides ut alta stet nive candidum
Soracte, nec iam sustineant onus
  s…
Sun 21 Dec 2008
A view from the Palatine (Claudian, Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 39-52)

A view from the Palatine (Claudian, Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 39-52)


[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/the-view-from-the-palatine.mp3]
Non alium certe decuit rectoribus orbis
esse larem, nulloque magis se colle potestas
aestimat et summi sentit fastig…
Mon 08 Dec 2008
The Temple of Janus (Ovid, Fasti 1.257-276)

The Temple of Janus (Ovid, Fasti 1.257-276)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/the-temple-of-janus.mp3]

‘cum tot sint iani, cur stas sacratus in uno,
     hic ubi iuncta foris templa duobus habes?’
ille, manu mulcens propexam …
Thu 13 Nov 2008
Dining well (Catullus 13)

Dining well (Catullus 13)


[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/catullus13.mp3]

Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me
paucis, si tibi di fauent, diebus,
si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam
cenam, non sine candida…
Thu 06 Nov 2008
The Death of Bitias (Vergil, Aeneid 9.703-716)

The Death of Bitias (Vergil, Aeneid 9.703-716)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/the-death-of-bitias.mp3]
tum Bitian ardentem oculis animisque frementem,
non iaculo (neque enim iaculo uitam ille dedisset),
sed magnum stridens conto…
Sun 07 Sep 2008
Ferulae: The Rods of the Schoolmasters (Martial, Epigrams 14.80)

Ferulae: The Rods of the Schoolmasters (Martial, Epigrams 14.80)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/ferulae-speak.mp3]

Ferulae:
Invisae nimium pueris grataeque magistris
     clara Prometheo munere ligna sumus.
Sat 23 Aug 2008
Constantine Squared: Optatianus 2 (ed. Mueller)

Constantine Squared: Optatianus 2 (ed. Mueller)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/optatianus-21.mp3]
Sancte tui vatis Caesar miserere serenus!
Auguste omnipotens, almo mortalia cuncta
Numine laetificans, nobis ad gaudia nomen,
Const…
Thu 24 Jul 2008
Epitaph for a Roman Soldier (CLE 537 = CIL 5.5824)

Epitaph for a Roman Soldier (CLE 537 = CIL 5.5824)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/epitaph-for-a-roman-soldier.mp3]
d. M. L. Comagi Firmi milit(is) leg. II Parth. qui vixit ann. XXVII m. II d. V
Parcae te miseris rapuere parent(ibus)…
Tue 25 Mar 2008
Eleven Little Syllables (Catullus 10)

Eleven Little Syllables (Catullus 10)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/eleven-little-syllables-catullus-10.mp3]
Varus me meus ad suos amores
uisum duxerat e foro otiosum,
scortillum, ut mihi tum repente uisum est,
non san…
Wed 05 Mar 2008
So . . . C . . . C . . . C . . . Cold (Ovid, Tristia 3.10.19-34)

So . . . C . . . C . . . C . . . Cold (Ovid, Tristia 3.10.19-34)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/ovid-tristia-31019-34.mp3]
Pellibus et sutis arcent mala frigora bracis,
oraque de toto corpore sola patent.
Saepe sonant moti glacie pendente capilli…
Thu 24 Jan 2008
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