Catullus is taking a prurient interest in a friend’s latest bedmate. Hear his Latin and follow in English here, and see the illustrated blog post here.
At the beginning of his third book of Odes, Horace derides the presumptions of wealth and power and counsels a simpler life. Hear his poem in Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post here.
Hear a sample of the poetry of Archilochus, the earliest Greek lyric poet in the original Greek and follow in English translation here. See the illustrated blog post with a black-figure Greek warrior here.
Horace’s second Ode reflects on the world of Rome turned upside down by civil war and restored to an even keel by the Emperor Augustus. Hear Horace’s Latin performed and follow in translation here; see the illustrated blog post here.