Today’s new poem is Catullus’s tender and dignified farewell to his lost brother. Hear the poem in Latin and follow it in English here and see the blog post and illustration here.
Hear Catullus’s tender poem in Latin and follow it in English here.
The perfume that Catullus will serve at his bring-your-own-dinner-party smells so good that Fabullus will wish to be all nose. Hear the Latin and follow in English here.
Catullus again fails to count the kisses he wants to give to Lesbia while (courtesy of Vincent Van Gogh) the starry night looks on. See his earlier attempt here.
Today’s new poem is by Horace, celebrating a feast day with wine in an uncloudedly happy mood, and thinking ahead to the evening. You can hear it here.