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Westbrook on Propertius

Posted on February 27, 2023

Today’s post is a poem by Westbrook on Propertius and his work’s journey from Augustan Rome to the present day. Read it here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Two divergent visions of death

Posted on February 6, 2023February 14, 2023

A Blessed release at sunset or a sordid assault in a brothel? Two very different imaginings of death by W E Henley.

See and compare the poems here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Tennyson and English Alcaics

Posted on January 29, 2023

Tennyson makes a bold attempt at using classical Greek and Latin metre in English poetry. See the poem here and the illustrated blog post here.

Horace by Housman

Posted on January 17, 2023

A E Housman, of Shropshire Lad fame, wrote one of the very best English versions of a Horatian ode.

See and hear Horace’s poem alongside Housman’s translation here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Horace’s last ode

Posted on December 20, 2022

Horace signs off the odes with a paean to Augustus and the peace and the return to Roman values that he has brought.

Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Cynthia is back!

Posted on November 24, 2022

So you thought that Cynthia had died: now here she is again as large as life!

Hear an extract from the Latin and find the whole poem in parallel text here.
See the illustrated blog post here.

The last of Cynthia

Posted on November 24, 2022

Cynthia is no more, and her ghost appears to Propertius as he lies at night in his lonely bed. Even death, it seems, has not mellowed her mood…

Hear a extract in the original Latin and follow the whole text in English in parallel here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

The latest post from Pantheon Poets is the story of Apollo and Daphne from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In Ovid’s version, Apollo’s overwhelming love for the reluctant nymph is caused by Cupid as revenge when Apollo has poked fun at his bow, but the consequences for Daphne could not be more serious.

Hear Ovid’s Latin in the original and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Propertius stays home

Posted on October 24, 2022

Propertius has been invited on a trip to Greece and Asia, but the idea of a sad – and very angry – Cynthia makes him decline.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Hear Propertius’s Latin and follow in English here.