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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

News

King Latinus sends Aeneas his verdict

The best tavern for a hot afternoon

Carpe diem

Latinus waits for Aeneas’s ambassadors

Italy at last

Omens for King Latinus

Lucretius and the nature of things

Gods and Demons

Arachne the weaver