Metamorphoses Book 12, lines 39 - 63
The House of Rumour
Orbe locus medio est inter terrasque fretumque
As the Trojan War becomes imminent, rumour is rife.
Poem Tag: Ovid
Odes 1.3
Virgil’s perils on the sea
Sic te diva potens Cypri
Horace prays for a safe voyage for Virgil
Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 637 - 678
Philemon and Baucis
ergo ubi caelicolae parvos tetigere penates
The generous hospitality of the poor
Odes 2.8
Don’t trust Barine
Ulla si iuris tibi peierati
Barine, who gets away with anything
Elegies, Book 1.3
The beauty of simplicity
Quid iuvat ornato procedere, vita, capillo
Propertius's praise of natural beauty in women
Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 679 - 724
Philemon and Baucis concluded
Interea totiens haustum cratera repleri
The story of Philemon and Baucis concluded
Georgics 1, lines 1 - 42
Virgil begins the Georgics
Quid faciat laetas segetes
Virgil sets the agricultural scene
Propertius Elegies Book 1.4
Back off, Bassus!
Quid mihi tam multas laudando, Basse, puellas
Give up Cynthia for someon else? Never, Bassus!
Metamorphoses Book 8, Lines 738 - 779
The sacrilege of Erysichthon
Nec minus Autolyci coniunx, Erysichthone nata
Erysichthon's sacrilege