The spirit of Aeneas’s father brings him news of the favour of the Gods and an invitation to visit him in the Elysian Fields. Hear the extract here and see the illustrated blog post here.
In today’s extract, the Trojan women set fire to Aeneas’s ships in the hope that he will travel no further, but Aeneas receives help from friends in high places. Hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here, and see the illustrated blog post here.
Today’s new poem is Ovid’s account of King Midas of Lydia, who was give the power to turn anything he touched to gold, and wished he hadn’t been. Hear the poem here and see the illustrated blog post here.