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Swans of good omen

Posted on April 1, 2022

Meeting his mother Venus in disguise, Aeneas learns from her good news that she reads in a flight of swans.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.

Rilke and the swan

Posted on March 31, 2022

Today’s post is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke with an unexpected twist.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Hear Rilke’s poem read in German and follow in English here.

Rome, a chariot out of control

Posted on March 16, 2022

At the close of the civil wars, Virgil compares the city still to a chariot out of control and begs the gods to allow Augustus to be its saviour.

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

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.

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Swans of good omen

Rilke and the swan

Rome, a chariot out of control

Virgil’s weather tips

Farming by the stars

Virgil’s Georgics

Barine’s lies

Ovid and the palace of Rumour

Schiller translates the Aeneid