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A young Roman, says Horace, should learn to live and fight hard. Hear and follow Horace’s poem here; see the illustrated blog post here.

Springtime is stirring – but time is fleeting and short.

Hear Horace’s Ode in Latin and follow in English here; see the illustrated blog post 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.

How did Horace begin his great project to develop a new Roman lyric poetry based on the Greek predecessors that he so admired?

Hear Horace’s first Ode performed in Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

In today’s translation and reading, Horace tells young Chloe that she’ ready to become a woman. Hear Horace’s Latin performed and follow in English here: see the illustrated blog post here.