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Hunger personified

Posted on June 4, 2023

In today’s poem from Ovid’s  Metamorphoses, the story of Erysichthon continues and we meet his nemesis, Fames.

Hear Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Ceres, Erysichthon, Hunger, Metamorphoses, ovid

A mighty tree falls

Posted on May 21, 2023

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses a mighty oak, sacred to Ceres, falls at the hands of the appalling Thessalian chief, Erysichthon.

Hear Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Erysichthon, Metamorphoses, ovid

Virtue rewarded

Posted on May 7, 2023

The story of Philemon and Baucis, who entertained the Gods unawares, comes to a bitter-sweet conclusion in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Hear Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Metamorphoses, ovid, Philemon and Baucis

Distinguished guests

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Philemon and Baucis, poor, but mindful of the sacred duty of hospitality to strangers, entertain the Gods unawares.

Hear Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Metamorphoses, ovid, Philemon and Baucis

Lovely mother, lovelier daughter

Posted on April 14, 2023

As a compliment to the lovely pair, Horace promises never to return to the scurrilous tone of some of his earlier poetry.

Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged horace, iambics

Propertius’s distant beloved

Posted on April 7, 2023

Cynthia is away, and Propertius worries that he is losing her.

Hear Propertius’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Cynthia, Propertius

Phaethon’s sad end

Posted on March 19, 2023

As Phaethon literally sets the world on fire, Jupiter intervenes to bring his adventure to a close.

Hear Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Metamorphoses, ovid, Phaethon

Phaethon loses all control

Posted on March 10, 2023

Phaethon’s disastrous ride in the chariot of his father, the Sun-God, goes from bad to worse.

Hear Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Metamorphoses, ovid, Phaethon

Phaethon’s ride

Posted on March 1, 2023

In Pantheon Poets’ latest post, hear Ovid tell the story of Phaethon and his ill-fated ride in the chariot of the Sun.

Listen to Ovid’s Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Metamorphoses, ovid, Phaethon
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