Propertius Elegies 1.16
The lover’s complaint to the door
Quae fueram magnis olim patefacta triumphis
The lover's complaint to the door
Latin Poems
Latin poems to know and love.
Propertius Elegies Book 2.22A
Propertius on the razzle
Scis here mi multas placuere puellas
Propertius in insatiable mood
Eclogue 4, lines 1-17
Virgil predicts a forthcoming birth and a new golden age
Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas
Virgil predicts a momentous birth
Appendix Vergiliana, "Copa Syrisca"
The Syrian hostess
Cop Syrisca, caput Graeca redimita mitella
The exotic hostess and her tavern
Aeneid Book 1, lines 1-7
The Aeneid begins
Arma virumque cano
The Aeneid begins
Aeneid Book 1, lines 441-65
The Trojans reach Carthage
Lucus in urbe fuitmedia, laetissimus umbrae
Tears for the human predicament
Aeneid Book 2, lines 1-13
Aeneas prepares to tell Dido his story
Conticuere omnes
Aeneas prepares to tell Dido his story
Aeneid Book 2, lines 40-49
Laocoon warns against the Trojan horse
Primus ibi ante omnes, magna comitante caterva
Laocoon warns against the Trojan horse
Aeneid Book 2, lines 199-227
Laocoon and the snakes
Hic aliud maius miseris multoque tremendum
Laocoon and the snakes