Jealous of Telephus!

A literary exercise or a cry of pain? Either way, Horace’s ode to jealousy packs a powerful punch into a short poem. In the illustration by John Singer Sargent, the furies are tormenting Orestes.

Hear Horace’s Latin and follow in English here.

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