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Virgil’s weather tips

Posted on March 11, 2022

From the Georgics, Virgil’s poem about agriculture and the countryside. to hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English, click here; to see the illustrated blog post, click here.

Farming by the stars

Posted on March 7, 2022

In an age when timekeeping was vastly less detailed but no less accurate about essentials, Virgil’s poem about farming, the Georgics, explains how the stars will tell you when to plant.

Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.

Virgil’s Georgics

Posted on February 27, 2022

See our first post from Virgil’s great work on agriculture and the countryside here: listen to the Latin and follow in English. See the illustrated blog post here.

Barine’s lies

Posted on February 22, 2022

Barine’s attraction is such that she can lie with impunity. Hear Horace’s Ode in Latin and follow in English here, and see the illustrated blog post here.

Ovid and the palace of Rumour

Posted on February 18, 2022February 18, 2022

From Book 12 of the Metamorphoses, Ovid describes the mysterious realm where all that happens in the world is seen, heard and commented on. Hear his Latin and follow in English here: see the illustrated blog post here.

Schiller translates the Aeneid

Posted on February 15, 2022

See and hear passages from Schiller’s fine German version of Books 2 and 4 of the Aeneid, follow in English and compare with Virgil’s Latin original.

Catullus, Varus and his girl

Posted on January 20, 2022

Today’s new post gives a glimpse into the social life of bright young things in the late Roman Republic via Catullus’s tenth poem. Hear the Latin and follow in English here and see the illustrated blog post here.

The Aeneid is here

Posted on December 26, 2021

Pantheon Poets has posted the story of the Trojan hero Aeneas in extracts from all twelve books of Virgil’s mighty epic for you to hear in Latin and follow in English. Binge, browse and link to the illustrated blog post on each extract. Use this link to access the selection, and see the illustrated blog post here.

Aeneas victorious

Posted on December 20, 2021

Hear the conclusion of the Aeneid in Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here: see the blog post with Luca Giordano’s depiction of the death of Turnus here.