Cupid Archives - Pantheon Poets | Latin Poetry Recited and Translated

Metamorphoses Book 12, lines 39 - 63

The House of Rumour

by Ovid

Orbe locus medio est inter terrasque fretumque

As the Trojan War becomes imminent, rumour is rife.

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Odes 1.3

Virgil’s perils on the sea

by Horace

Sic te diva potens Cypri

Horace prays for a safe voyage for Virgil

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Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 637 - 678

Philemon and Baucis

by Ovid

ergo ubi caelicolae parvos tetigere penates

The generous hospitality of the poor

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Odes, 1.1

Horace’s first Ode

by Horace

Maecenas atavis edite regibus

Horace dedicates his first Ode to his patron, Maecenas

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Odes 1.17

The country is best

by Horace

Velox amoenum saepe Lucretilem

Horace prefers his Sabine farm to town life

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Odes 2.8

Don’t trust Barine

by Horace

Ulla si iuris tibi peierati

Barine, who gets away with anything

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Elegies, Book 1.2

The beauty of simplicity

by Propertius

Quid iuvat ornato procedere, vita, capillo

Propertius's praise of natural beauty in women

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Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 679 - 724

Philemon and Baucis concluded

by Ovid

Interea totiens haustum cratera repleri

The story of Philemon and Baucis concluded

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Odes Book 1.4

Carpe diem, Sestius

by Horace

Solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni

The joys of spring are short, Sestius

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