The next step on Pantheon poets in bringing spoken Latin poems by such greats as Virgil, Horace, Catullus and Ovid to Latin and non-Latin speakers alike, and throwing light on Latin influence on great European writers, will be one of the best bits of the Aeneid, as monstrous snakes lay Laocoon, the wise Trojan priest, low. Does this herald the fall of Troy? Will the Trojan Horse enter the city? Hear it recited in Latin, follow the Latin poetry in English translation. Watch this space as Aeneas continues to tell his tale to Queen Dido …
Do you love poetry? Are you interested in English and European writers? Great European literature from the middle ages to the twentieth century was hugely influenced by Latin poets like Virgil, Horace and Catullus – but if you are less than fifty or sixty years old, the chances are you haven’t been able to meet these giants at first hand because you didn’t learn Latin at school. There are translations, but why not get a true flavour of the original? Pantheon Poets gives you the poems in Latin with a close translation and a recording, so you can get a feeling for what it felt and sounded like, as well as follow what it means. If you do know Latin and already love its poetry, I hope Pantheon Poets will help you to enjoy it to the full. We will also be posting poems in English and other languages, sometimes because they show the influence the great Latin poets have had, but sometimes simply because we like them. Welcome to the site, and enjoy it!
