Chloris is – plenty – old enough to know better, but she persists in behaving like a flighty young girl. Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
In celebrating the power of poetry, Horace tells the story of the daughters of Danaus, all but one of whom slew their husbands on their wedding night. Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
Arkesilas, ruler of the Greek city of Cyrene in North Africa, has won the chariot race at Delphi. See Pindar’s poem in his praise here; see the illustrated blog post here.
All is over between Lydia and her old flame – or is it? Hear their dialogue in Horace’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
A young girl is in love and powerless to do anything about it in Horace’s highly unusual Ode. Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
“Horace,” camped on Lyce’s doorstep in the wind and rain, wonders whether or when she will relent and allow him in. Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
Horace contrasts the austere life of Rome’s early greatness with its current moral laxity. Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
Will the merchant Gyges, stuck in Greece for the winter, stay true to his Asterie back in Italy? Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here: see the illustrated blog post here.