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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A cleanser of the teeth (Apuleius, Apology 6)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/apuleius-on-toothpaste.mp3]
Calpurniane, salue properis uersibus.
Misi, ut petisti, tibi munditias dentium,
nitelas oris ex Arabicis frugibus,
tenuem,…

Wed 09 Jan 2008

What to pray for (Juvenal, Satire 10.346-366)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/what-to-pray-for.mp3]
nil ergo optabunt homines? si consilium uis,
permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid
conueniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris…

Tue 23 Oct 2007

He’s Dug a Trench: a song for Professor Fitts

This is a song for the retiring professor Fitts in Classical Studies and Archaeology, a hymn to his achievements and stature. It includes a brief mention of his resemblance to the Roman emperor Vespa…

Fri 12 Oct 2007

The Plea of Orpheus (Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.14-39)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/the-plea-of-orpheus.mp3]
perque leves populos simulacraque functa sepulcro
Persephonen adiit inamoenaque regna tenentem
umbrarum dominum pulsisque ad …

Wed 26 Sep 2007

Hymn to a Gladiator (Martial 5.24)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/hymn-to-a-gladiator.mp3]
Hermes Martia saeculi uoluptas,
Hermes omnibus eruditus armis,
Hermes et gladiator et magister,
Hermes turbo sui tremorque lu…

Thu 06 Sep 2007

Apollo the Doctor (Quintus Serenus, Liber Medicinalis pref., 318-328)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/apollo-the-doctor.mp3]
Phoebe, salutiferum quod pangimus adsere carmen
inuentumque tuum prompto comitare fauore.
tuque, potens artis, reduces qui tra…

Wed 15 Aug 2007

A Cyclops in Love (Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.789-797, 838-853)

[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/a-cyclops-in-love.mp3]
Candidior folio nivei Galatea ligustri,
floridior pratis, longa procerior alno,
splendidior vitro, tenero lascivior haedo,
le…

Fri 03 Aug 2007

A Dilemma: Parenting

Sociology:

Study examines gender roles of children with gay parents

Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz argue that children with lesbian and gay parents are more likely to depart from traditi…

00:05:51 | Thu 21 Sep 2006

Anything can happen (Horace, Odes 1.34)

[audio:http://blog.dickinson.edu/images/HoraceOdes1.34.mp3]
Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,
insanientis dum sapientiae
consultus erro, nunc retrorsum
uela dare atque iterare cursus
cogor relictos…

Tue 29 Aug 2006

Sulpicia in love (Sulpicia 5 = [Tib.] 4.11)

Sulpicia 4.11
Estne tibi, Cerinthe, tuae pia cura puellae,
quod mea nunc vexat corpora fessa calor?
A ego non aliter tristes evincere morbos
optarim, quam te si quoque velle putem.
At mihi quid prosi…

Tue 15 Aug 2006

A night of terror (Vergil, Aeneid 3.575-587)

Aen.3.575-587
interdum scopulos auulsaque uiscera montis
erigit eructans, liquefactaque saxa sub auras
cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
fama est Enceladi semustum fulmine corpus
urgeri mol…