Latin Poetry Podcast
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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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Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201) | Juno has just finished her opening monologue in which she whips herself into a frenzy of rage at Hercules. As the chorus enters, they sing of the dawn, then deliver an encomium of the simple country life, away from the ambition, greed, | 8/5/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Seneca Hecules Furens 1-29 | Hercules is known for his monumental strength and immense fortitude, today this Greek hero himself would be dwarfed by the strength and durability of Metal Roofing, a trend that will make you feel protected by the Greek gods themselves. | 8/2/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 4 (Ovid, Heroides 4.147-176) | Despite my royal status and lineage, I am begging you. Spare me, please. May you get everything you want as a huntsman. tolle morās tantum properātaque foedera iunge — quī mihi nunc saevit, sīc tibi parcat Amor! | 7/15/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 3 (Ovid, Heroides 4.105-146) | Phaedra asks Hippolytus to put off his huntsman’s persona and relax, then offers to come out on the hunt with him. She offers to abandon Theseus and move to Troezen to be with Hippolytus. Theseus is already ignoring and slighting both of them, | 7/8/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 4.37-84 | Phaedra wants to take up hunting like Hippolytus and is driven to the extremes of mental derangement. Perhaps it is some family curse that the women of her Cretan line all suffer in love (Europa, Pasiphae, Ariadne)? | 7/6/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Phaedra to Hippolytus (Ovid, Heroides 4.1-36) | Quā, nisi tū dederis, caritūra est ipsa, salūtem mittit Amāzoniō Cressa puella virō. perlege, quodcumque est: quid epistula lēcta nocēbit? tē quoque in hāc aliquid quod iuvet esse potest; hīs arcāna notīs terrā pelagōque feruntur. | 7/2/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Briseis to Achilles part 1 (Ovid, Heroides 3.1-66) | There are still a couple of days left to sign up to join me and Chun Liu of Peking University for an online workshop reading Ovid’s Heroides, July 15-20, 2020: http://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2020/05/03/2020-ovid-heroides-online-workshop-announcement/ | 6/27/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Phyllis to Demophoon part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 2.49-148) | Join me and Chun Liu of Peking University for an online workshop reading Ovid’s Heroides, July 15-20, 2020: http://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2020/05/03/2020-ovid-heroides-online-workshop-announcement/ crēdidimus blandīs, quōrum tibi cōpia, | 6/20/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Phyllis to Demophoon, part 1: Ovid, Heroides 2.1-48 | Hospita, Dēmophoōn, tua tē Rhodopēia Phyllis ultrā prōmissum tempus abesse queror. cornua cum lūnae plēnō semel orbe coīssent, lītoribus nostrīs ancora pacta tua est— lūna quater latuit, tōtō quater orbe recrēvit; | 6/14/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Penelope to Odysseus, part 3 (Ovid, Heroides 1.75-116) | This is the third and last episode on Heroides 1. If you love Ovid’s Heroides, consider joining Chun Liu (Professor of Comparative Literature at Peking University) and me at the Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop (online this year), July 15-20, 2020. | 6/3/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Penelope to Odysseus part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 1.37-74) | If you love Ovid’s Heroides, consider joining Chun Liu (Professor of Comparative Literature at Peking University) and me at the Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop (online this year), July 15-20, 2020. http://blogs.dickinson. | 5/26/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Penelope to Odysseus part 1 (Ovid, Heroides 1.1-36) | Here begins what I plan to be a series on Ovid’s Heroides, in preparation for an open online seminar on the Heroides with Chun Liu of Peking University, July 16-20, 2020. We will read and discuss several of the Heroides together. | 5/23/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 1.P4 | Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius rose to high honors under Theodoric the Ostrogoth (ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493–526), but fell from favor, was tried for treason, wrongly condemned and imprisoned at Ticinum (Pavia | 4/30/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Hecuba Tiger Queen | Ovid on the Metamorphoses compares Hecuba to a lioness, not a tigress, but as I discuss based on Pliny and Valerius Flaccus, the two animals were grouped together in the Roman mind under the heading of savage mothers who get cubs stolen by raptores. | 4/1/2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Catullus and Martial on Unguents | Catullus 13 (text: G.P. Goold, 1983, via PHI) Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus, si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam, non sine candida puella et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis. 5 haec si, | 12/1/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Seneca, Medea 895-910 | WordPress powers over a third of the web and more than 38% of the top 10K websites. What began as a blogging platform is now the most widely-used content management system in the world, and a wise choice for site owners looking to scale for years to c | 11/24/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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J.K. Rowling and Peter Needham: Distribuens Petasus | J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) has a delightful Latin version, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (2003), by Peter Needham. Needham taught Classics at Eton for over thirty years and also translated A Bear Called Paddi | 11/17/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Reynard and the Side of Bacon (Ysengrimus 1.269-288) | Ysengrimus is a Latin mock epic, an anthropomorphic series of fables written in 1148 or 1149 in Latin elegiac couplets. Its chief character is Isengrin the Wolf; the plot describes how the trickster figure Reynard the Fox overcomes Isengrin’s various | 11/11/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Claudian on Mules (De Mulabus Gallicis) | Claudian (ca. 370-ca.404 AD) is best known for his political poetry (he was associated with the court of the Roman emperor Honorius at Milan). But his miscellaneous carmina minora include a fascinating variety of shorter poems, | 11/4/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Now winter’s grip loosens (Horace, Odes 1.4) | Horace Odes 1.4 Solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni trahuntque siccas machinae carinas, ac neque iam stabulis gaudet pecus aut arator igni nec prata canis albicant pruinis. iam Cytherea choros ducit Venus imminente luna, | 10/22/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Wish to Be What You Are (Martial, Epigrams 10.47) | Health Benefits of Vaping: What You Need To Know A debate has been ongoing ever since vaping was introduced in the market. It might be that friends and family have their own opinions about this. Unfortunately, | 9/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Fabulous Punishment (Martial, De Spectaculis 7) | Martial De Spectaculis 9 The epigram writer Martial describes a mythological enactment in the arena, the execution of a slave which was staged to resemble a popular mime based on the story of a notorious bandit, Laureolus. | 8/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A cure for madness (Quintus Serenus, Liber Medicinalis 1.87-99) | Quintus Serenus 1.87-99 ex vitio cerebri phrenesis furiosa movetur 87 amissasque refert frendens amentia vires, sive calens febris iactatos exedit artus sive meri gustus seu frigoris efficit aura. 90 convenit calidis pecudum pulmonibus apte tempora lan. | 7/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bring Vergil back (Horace, Odes 1.3) | Horace Odes 1.3 Horace’s sending-off poem (or propempticon) for Vergil is written in a meter usually called the “Forth Asclepiad,” (though the terminology varies depending on which modern authority you check). | 6/6/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 Sappho, the famous Greek lyric poet. Odes 1. | 1/24/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 scholars call variously Asclepiads, asclepiadeans, | 1/20/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 quo deponeret. “Minime”, inquit, | 9/22/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 nunc servis, heu, male Roma tuis. | 7/22/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 aras posuit vigilemque sacraverat ignem, | 6/12/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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, hominesne feraene, quaerere constituit, | 3/24/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 saxa experti: revocate animos, | 3/15/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 aut summi plena iam margine libri scriptus et in terg. | 11/30/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 conspicimus montani roboris ossa humanis veniunt usibus ap. | 10/6/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 valet? primo levat aequore solem India: tu fessos | 7/30/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 hoc artem populo non novit amandi, | 6/23/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 nutrition is for the body. | 5/20/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 (whom you may now befriend on Facebook). | 5/20/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 5 terrarum dominos euehit ad deos; | 3/16/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 mel vinum panis piper herba oleum sal All letters of. | 2/17/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. Quibus per omnis quando luxurias ruis protervus, | 1/15/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 appreciate the support! | 12/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Decimus Laberius | This just in, Latin Poetry Podcast is a finalist in the 2009 Edublog Awards, Category: Best Educational Use of Audio. Click here to cast your vote! Laberius Some fragments of the mime writer Laberius, from O. Ribbeck, | 12/10/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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,/ multum ille et terris iactatus et alto . . . | 11/4/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae m. | 11/3/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 intenti manum ultro insecun | 10/13/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 mactabat ad aras. | 9/24/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Parthian Arrow (Prudentius, Hamartigenia 531-552) | maior inest vis illa homini, quae flatile virus 531 ingerit et tenuem tenui facit aëre mentem. Parthica non aeque ventos transcurrit harundo, cuius iter nullus potis est compredere visus; praepes enim volucres dum pinnis transvolat auras, | 8/21/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Of Mice and Weasels (Phaedrus, Fables 4.6) | Pugna Murium et Mustelarum Cum victi mures mustelarum exercitu (historia, quorum et, in tabernis pingitur) fugerent et artos circum trepidarent cavos, aegre recepti, tamen evaserunt necem: duces eorum, qui capitibus cornua suis ligarant ut conspicuum i. | 8/21/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 fervidus tecum puer et solutis Gratiae zonis properent. | 7/10/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Jupiter, Life of the Elements (Avienus, Phaenomena 1-23, 41-45) | Carminis inceptor mihi Jupiter; auspice terras linquo Iove; excelsam reserat dux Iupiter aethram imus in astra Iovis monitu; Iovis omine caelum, et Iovis imperio mortalibus aethera pando. Hic statio, hic sedes primi patris; iste paterni 5 principium | 6/19/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Xanthias the notarius (Carmina Latina Epigraphica 219) | Hoc carmen, haec ara, hic cinis pueri sepulcrum est Xantiae, qui morte acerba raptus est, iam doctus in compendia tot literarum et nominum notare currenti stilo quod lingua currens diceret. iam nemo superaret legens, | 6/1/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Jesus in the Temple (Vida, Christiad 1.551-569) | Dum vero affatur genitorem divus ad aram, 551 mirantes socii templum per singula lustrant, suspectu molem vasto artificumque laborem: Cautibus excisas centum, centum aere columnas, omnes e solido, omnes altis montibus aequas, | 5/18/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Creation of Mankind (Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.77-88) | Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset: natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, sive recens tellus seductaque nuper ab alto aethere cognati retinebat se. | 2/17/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Figures on the floor (Ausonius, Moselle 48-62) | I nunc et Phrygiis sola leuia consere crustis Tendens marmoreum laqueata per atria campum; ast ego despectis, quae census opesque dederunt, 50 Naturae mirabor opus, non cura nepotum Laetaque iacturis ubi luxuriatur egestas. | 1/8/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A look at snow (Horace, Odes 1.9) | Thanks to Wells Hansen of Milton Academy for this guest spot! Vides ut alta stet nive candidum Soracte, nec iam sustineant onus silvae laborantes, geluque flumina constiterint acuto? dissolue frigus ligna super foco large reponens atque beni | 12/21/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A view from the Palatine (Claudian, Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 39-52) | Non alium certe decuit rectoribus orbis esse larem, nulloque magis se colle potestas aestimat et summi sentit fastigia iuris; attollens apicem subiectis regia rostris tot circum delubra videt tantisque deorum cingitur excubiis! | 12/8/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Temple of Janus (Ovid, Fasti 1.257-276) | ‘cum tot sint iani, cur stas sacratus in uno, hic ubi iuncta foris templa duobus habes?’ ille, manu mulcens propexam ad pectora barbam, protinus Oebalii rettulit arma Tati, utque levis custos, armillis capta, | 11/13/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Dining well (Catullus 13) | Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me paucis, si tibi di fauent, diebus, si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam, non sine candida puella et uino et sale et omnibus cachinnis. haec si, inquam, attuleris, uenuste noster, | 11/6/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Death of Bitias (Vergil, Aeneid 9.703-716) | tum Bitian ardentem oculis animisque frementem, non iaculo (neque enim iaculo uitam ille dedisset), sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica uenit fulminis acta modo, quam nec duo taurea terga nec duplici squama lorica fidelis et auro sustinuit; conlapsa. | 9/7/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ferulae: The Rods of the Schoolmasters (Martial, Epigrams 14.80) | Ferulae: Invisae nimium pueris grataeque magistris clara Prometheo munere ligna sumus. | 8/23/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Constantine Squared: Optatianus 2 (ed. Mueller) | Sancte tui vatis Caesar miserere serenus! Auguste omnipotens, almo mortalia cuncta Numine laetificans, nobis ad gaudia nomen, Constantine, tuum fecundi carminis ex hoc Te duce det Musas. nam tristis cura recusat Egregios actus. | 7/24/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Epitaph for a Roman Soldier (CLE 537 = CIL 5.5824) | d. M. L. Comagi Firmi milit(is) leg. II Parth. qui vixit ann. XXVII m. II d. V Parcae te miseris rapuere parent(ibus) urna spectantes livente animo tuae gloriae cursum fletus in perpetuo miserae reliq(uisti) dolore, | 3/25/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Eleven Little Syllables (Catullus 10) | Varus me meus ad suos amores uisum duxerat e foro otiosum, scortillum, ut mihi tum repente uisum est, non sane illepidum neque inuenustum, huc ut uenimus, incidere nobis sermones uarii, in quibus, quid esset iam Bithynia, quo modo se haberet, | 3/5/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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So . . . C . . . C . . . C . . . Cold (Ovid, Tristia 3.10.19-34) | Pellibus et sutis arcent mala frigora bracis, oraque de toto corpore sola patent. Saepe sonant moti glacie pendente capilli, et nitet inducto candida barba gelu; nudaque consistunt, formam seruantia testae, uina, nec hausta meri, | 1/24/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A cleanser of the teeth (Apuleius, Apology 6) | Calpurniane, salue properis uersibus. Misi, ut petisti, tibi munditias dentium, nitelas oris ex Arabicis frugibus, tenuem, candificum, nobilem puluisculum, complanatorem tumidulae gingiuulae, conuerritorem pridianae reliquiae, | 1/9/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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What to pray for (Juvenal, Satire 10.346-366) | nil ergo optabunt homines? si consilium uis, permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid conueniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris; nam pro iucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. carior est illis homo quam sibi. | 10/23/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 Vespasian (see the photo below). | 10/11/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Plea of Orpheus (Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.14-39) | perque leves populos simulacraque functa sepulcro Persephonen adiit inamoenaque regna tenentem umbrarum dominum pulsisque ad carmina nervis sic ait: ‘o positi sub terra numina mundi, in quem reccidimus, quicquid mortale creamur, | 9/26/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Hymn to a Gladiator (Martial 5.24) | Hermes Martia saeculi uoluptas, Hermes omnibus eruditus armis, Hermes et gladiator et magister, Hermes turbo sui tremorque ludi, Hermes, quem timet Helius, sed unum, 5 Hermes, cui cadit Aduolans, sed uni, Hermes uincere nec ferire doctus, | 9/6/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Apollo the Doctor (Quintus Serenus, Liber Medicinalis pref., 318-328) | Phoebe, salutiferum quod pangimus adsere carmen inuentumque tuum prompto comitare fauore. tuque, potens artis, reduces qui tradere uitas nosti et in caelum manes reuocare sepultos, qui colis Aegeas, qui Pergama quique Epidaurum, | 8/15/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Cyclops in Love (Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.789-797, 838-853) | Candidior folio nivei Galatea ligustri, floridior pratis, longa procerior alno, splendidior vitro, tenero lascivior haedo, levior adsiduo detritis aequore conchis, solibus hibernis, aestiva gratior umbra, mobilior damma, platano conspectior alta, | 8/3/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Andragoras' fatal dream (Martial 6.53) | Lotus nobiscum est, hilaris cenauit, et idem inuentus mane est mortuus Andragoras. Tam subitae mortis causam, Faustine, requiris? in somnis medicum uiderat Hermocraten. Subscribe with iTunes | 9/28/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 traditional gender roles. | 9/21/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Marius enters Rome (87 BC) (Lucan 2.99-114) | quis fuit ille dies, Marius quo moenia uictor corripuit, quantoque gradu mors saeua cucurrit! nobilitas cum plebe perit, lateque uagatus ensis, et a nullo reuocatum pectore ferrum. stat cruor in templis multaque rubentia caede lubrica saxa madent. | 9/12/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Quintia and Lesbia (Catullus 86) | QVINTIA formosa est multis. mihi candida, longa, recta est: haec ego sic singula confiteor. totum illud formosa nego: nam nulla uenustas, nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis. Lesbia formosa est, quae cum pulcerrima tota est, | 9/1/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Arms and the man (Vergil, Aeneid 1.1-11) | Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram; multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deos Latio, | 8/29/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Anything can happen (Horace, Odes 1.34) | Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens, insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum uela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos: namque Diespiter igni corusco nubila diuidens plerumque, per purum tonantis egit equos uolucremque currum, | 8/29/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Death of a virgin martyr (Prudentius, Peristephanon 14.67ff.) | Vt uidit Agnes stare trucem uirum mucrone nudo, laetior haec ait: `exulto, talis quod potius uenit, uaesanus, atrox, turbidus, armiger, quam si ueniret languidus ac tener mollisque efybus tinctus aromate, qui me pudoris funere perderet. Hic, | 8/15/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Epitaph for a girl (CLE 397) | Rapta sinu matris iacet hic miserabilis infans ante novem plenos lunae quam viveret orbes. hanc pater et mater maesti flevere iacentem parvaque marmoreo clauserunt membra sepulchro. Subscribe with iTunes | 8/15/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 prosit morbos evincere, | 8/15/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 mole hac, ingentemque insuper Aetnam impositam ruptis fl. | 8/15/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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