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Trojans and Latins come to blows

Posted on June 22, 2021February 21, 2024

An innocent mistake by Ascanius gives Juno’s agent, the Fury Allecto, the chance she needs to cause bloodshed.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Hear the Latin and follow in English here.

Posted in NewsTagged Aeneas, Aeneid, Allecto, Virgil

Allecto the Fury fires up Turnus

Posted on June 21, 2021February 21, 2024

Juno’s efforts to sow discord between Aeneas and the Italians are now in full swing, with the able help of the terrifying Fury, Allecto. Visiting King Turnus in disguise, she reveals her true self and sends him wild with anger.

Hear the Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Aeneas, Aeneid, Allecto, Turnus, Virgil

King Latinus sends Aeneas his verdict

Posted on June 15, 2021February 21, 2024

King Latinus graciously receives Aeneas’s ambassadors in his ancestral hall.

See the illustrated blog post here and listen to the extract and follow in English here.

Posted in NewsTagged Aeneas, Aeneid, Latinus, Virgil

The best tavern for a hot afternoon

Posted on June 11, 2021February 21, 2024

Maybe by Virgil, probably not, this is the best place in town to carpe diem. See the illustrated blog post here, and hear the Latin with an English translation here.

Posted in NewsTagged Appendix Vergiliana, Copa syrisca, Syrian dancer, Virgil

Carpe diem

Posted on June 10, 2021February 21, 2024

The first appearance of Horace’s phrase, “carpe diem”. Find out what it really means in the illustrated blog post here, and hear the Latin and follow in English here.

Posted in NewsTagged Carpe diem, horace, Horace Odes

Latinus waits for Aeneas’s ambassadors

Posted on June 9, 2021February 21, 2024

After his arrival in Italy, Aeneas sends ambassadors to King Latinus, who waits for them in his temple-cum-throne-room. See the illustrated blog post here.

Hear the Latin and follow in English here.

Posted in NewsTagged Aeneid, Circe, Latinus, Picus, Virgil

Italy at last

Posted on June 7, 2021February 21, 2024

Aeneas has anchored at the mouth of the Tiber and a worrying prophecy is harmlessly fulfilled. Listen to the extract and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Aeneas, Aeneid, Harpy's prophecy

Omens for King Latinus

Posted on June 2, 2021February 21, 2024

In today’s poem from Book 7 of the Aeneid, Aeneas and the Trojans have arrived in Italy and King Latinus of Latium is looking for a husband for his only child. The Queen has a candidate, but the omens are chilling.

Hear the Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Aeneas, Aeneid, Latinus, Lavinia, Virgil

Lucretius and the nature of things

Posted on May 28, 2021February 21, 2024

In today’s post, scientific theorist and Epicurean philosopher Lucretius explains why we should not fear death or the Gods. See and hear the poem, with a link to Lucretius’s poet page, here ,and see the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged De Rerum Natura, Epicureanism, Lucretius
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