Poems Archive - Page 6 of 26 - Pantheon Poets | Latin Poetry Recited and Translated

Georgics Book 4, lines 149 - 190

The natural history of bees

by Virgil

nunc age, naturas apibus quas Iuppiter ipse

Bees and their city state

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Odes 4.15

The final ode

by Horace

Phoebus volentem proelia me loqui

Horace signs off with Augustus's praises

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Aeneid Book 1, lines 254 - 296

Jupiter’s prophecy

by Virgil

Olli subridens hominum sator atque deorum

The future greatness of Rome and Augustus

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Catullus 11

Catullus and the end of the affair

by Catullus

Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli

Catullus's bitter farewell to his mistress

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Aeneid Book 2, lines 370-400

Into battle

by Virgil

Primus se Danaum, magna comitante caterva

Aebeas recounts his first clash with the Greeks

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Odes 1.12

Augustus, master of the world

by Horace

Quem virum aut heroa lyra vel acri

Horace sets out to praise, and does not hold back

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Ode 2.1

Pollio’s histories of civil war

by Horace

Motum ex Metello consule civicum

A statesman and historian writes on the civil wars

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Odes 3.4

Jupiter’s authority, and Caesar’s

by Horace

Descende caelo et dic age tibia

Horace and the Muse sing of Caesar

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Ode 3.24

A call for a moral renaissance

by Horace

Intactis opulentior

Horace endorses Augustus's call for moral renewal

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