Westbrook jokes about the novel Posted on May 5, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post here, Westbrook uses clerihews to poke fun at famous novelists and the cantankerous critic FR Leavis. Latin poems on unhappy love Posted on May 3, 2021February 21, 2024 Today we publish a new selection of poems by Latin authors to hear in Latin and follow in English. See the selection here. Archilochus on mourning Posted on May 1, 2021February 21, 2024 In the seventh century BCE, the Greek warrior-poet Archilochus addresses a mourning friend. Hear the Greek and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Saint-Loup of the Brazen Helm Posted on April 25, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s extract from Proust shows how much rarer knowledge of the classics has become since the 1890s. Pantheon Poets can help! See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the French and follow in English here. Horace and the shortness of human life Posted on April 21, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s new post is one of Horace’s most famous Odes on the theme of “carpe diem”. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Horace’s prayer to the powers of wine Posted on April 12, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is Horace’s gentle tribute to the good things of life in general, and wine in particular. See the illustrated blog post here. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here. Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last » Close GDPR Cookie Settings Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies 3rd Party Cookies Powered by GDPR Cookie Compliance Privacy Overview This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled 3rd Party Cookies This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled
Latin poems on unhappy love Posted on May 3, 2021February 21, 2024 Today we publish a new selection of poems by Latin authors to hear in Latin and follow in English. See the selection here. Archilochus on mourning Posted on May 1, 2021February 21, 2024 In the seventh century BCE, the Greek warrior-poet Archilochus addresses a mourning friend. Hear the Greek and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Saint-Loup of the Brazen Helm Posted on April 25, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s extract from Proust shows how much rarer knowledge of the classics has become since the 1890s. Pantheon Poets can help! See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the French and follow in English here. Horace and the shortness of human life Posted on April 21, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s new post is one of Horace’s most famous Odes on the theme of “carpe diem”. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Horace’s prayer to the powers of wine Posted on April 12, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is Horace’s gentle tribute to the good things of life in general, and wine in particular. See the illustrated blog post here. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here. Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last » Close GDPR Cookie Settings Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies 3rd Party Cookies Powered by GDPR Cookie Compliance Privacy Overview This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled 3rd Party Cookies This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled
Archilochus on mourning Posted on May 1, 2021February 21, 2024 In the seventh century BCE, the Greek warrior-poet Archilochus addresses a mourning friend. Hear the Greek and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Saint-Loup of the Brazen Helm Posted on April 25, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s extract from Proust shows how much rarer knowledge of the classics has become since the 1890s. Pantheon Poets can help! See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the French and follow in English here. Horace and the shortness of human life Posted on April 21, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s new post is one of Horace’s most famous Odes on the theme of “carpe diem”. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Horace’s prayer to the powers of wine Posted on April 12, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is Horace’s gentle tribute to the good things of life in general, and wine in particular. See the illustrated blog post here. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here. Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last » Close GDPR Cookie Settings Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies 3rd Party Cookies Powered by GDPR Cookie Compliance Privacy Overview This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled 3rd Party Cookies This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled
Saint-Loup of the Brazen Helm Posted on April 25, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s extract from Proust shows how much rarer knowledge of the classics has become since the 1890s. Pantheon Poets can help! See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the French and follow in English here. Horace and the shortness of human life Posted on April 21, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s new post is one of Horace’s most famous Odes on the theme of “carpe diem”. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Horace’s prayer to the powers of wine Posted on April 12, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is Horace’s gentle tribute to the good things of life in general, and wine in particular. See the illustrated blog post here. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here. Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last » Close GDPR Cookie Settings Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies 3rd Party Cookies Powered by GDPR Cookie Compliance Privacy Overview This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled 3rd Party Cookies This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. Enable or Disable Cookies Enabled Disabled
Horace and the shortness of human life Posted on April 21, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s new post is one of Horace’s most famous Odes on the theme of “carpe diem”. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here. Horace’s prayer to the powers of wine Posted on April 12, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is Horace’s gentle tribute to the good things of life in general, and wine in particular. See the illustrated blog post here. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here. Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last »
Horace’s prayer to the powers of wine Posted on April 12, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is Horace’s gentle tribute to the good things of life in general, and wine in particular. See the illustrated blog post here. Listen to the Latin and follow in English here. Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last »
Dante and Virgil Posted on April 9, 2021February 21, 2024 In Dante’s Divina Commedia, he meets his great predecessor, Virgil. Hear the Italian and follow in English here. See the blog post with an illustration by William Blake here. There is a portrait of Dante by Botticelli on his poet page here. The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last »
The gates of sleep Posted on April 5, 2021February 21, 2024 Today’s post is the close of Book 6 of the Aeneid: Aeneas ends his underworld journey, returning to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep. See the illustrated blog post here. Hear the Latin and follow in English here. Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last »
Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir Posted on April 2, 2021February 21, 2024 In today’s post, Aeneas’s Father, Anchises, explains a future tragedy as the talk in the Elysian Fields. See the illustrated blog post here; hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here. Page 19 of 25« First«...51015...181920...25...»Last »