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A toast to Murena!

Posted on October 7, 2021February 21, 2024

In this tour-de-force, Horace describes an evening’s drinking, Greek style. Hear his Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.

Turnus at bay

Posted on October 7, 2021February 21, 2024

In Book 9 of Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas’s enemy finds himself in touble. See the illustrated blog post here and hear the original Latin and follow in English here.

The end of Euryalus and Nisus

Posted on September 26, 2021February 21, 2024

Aeneas’s men Euryalus and Nisus meet their end but take many foes with them. Hear the Latin and follow in English here and see the illustrated blog post https://www.pantheonpoets.com/?p=3558&preview=true.

Aeneas’s ships are transformed

Posted on September 23, 2021February 21, 2024

Cybele transforms the ships, built with timber from her sacred grove on Mount Ida, into new deities of the sea. See the illustrated blog post here, and hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.

Turnus rages like a wolf

Posted on September 20, 2021February 21, 2024

Turnus has caught the Trojans unawares while Aeneas, his enemy and rival, is away, but is furious that they stay on the defensive, rather than giving battle. See the illustrated blog post here, and hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.

The Great God Pan

Posted on September 8, 2021February 21, 2024

Today’s post is a fine, classically-influenced poem by the Swiss poet, Keller: hear the German and follow in English here, and see the illustrated blog post here.

Augustus on Aeneas’s new shield

Posted on September 2, 2021February 21, 2024

Augustus stars on the new shield given by Venus to her son, Aeneas.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Hear the Latin and follow in English here.

Catullus makes allowances

Posted on August 25, 2021February 21, 2024

Catullus does not rate his acquaintance, Suffenus, as a poet, but is uncharacteristically prepared to make allowances. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here, and see the illustrated blog post here.

Pronouncing Latin poetry

Posted on August 18, 2021February 21, 2024

Today’s post explains how we try to pronounce Latin poetry at Pantheon Poets and why. See the explanation here, and the illustrated blog post here.