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Horace and the shortness of human life

Posted on April 21, 2021February 21, 2024

Today’s new post is one of Horace’s most famous Odes on the theme of “carpe diem”. Hear the Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Carpe diem, Eheu fugaces, horace

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