Latin Poetry Podcast ( Christopher Francese)

Wish to Be What You Are (Martial, Epigrams 10.47)

Guide to a happy life, from the Roman epigram writer Martial (M. Valerius Martialis). The...

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Horace’s Lyric Meters 2: Sapphic (Odes 1.2)

This is the second in a series dealing with Horace’s lyric meters. The previous installment...

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Horace’s lyric meters: Asclepiadeans (Odes 1.1)

Herewith a re-do of a poem I have done on an earlier podcast, this time with special attention to...

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The woman giving birth (Phaedrus, Fables 1.18)

Phaedrus Fables 1.18 Nemo libenter recolit qui laesit locum. Instante partu mulier actis...

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The Fall of Rome

“De mutata Romae fortuna,” incerti auctoris, ed. N. E. Lemaire, Poetae Latini Minores vol. 4...

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The Wrath of Iarbas (Vergil, Aeneid 4.196-218)

The Wrath of Iarbas protinus ad regem cursus detorquet Iarban incenditque animum dictis atque...

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On translating Vergil (Aeneid 1.305-309, 6.26-27)

Translating Vergil Aeneid 1.305-309 At pius Aeneas, per noctem plurima volvens, ut primum lux...

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O Socii (Vergil, Aeneid 1.198-209)

O Socii ‘O socii—neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum— O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque...

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Always a Listener (Juvenal, Satire 1.1-21)

Juvenal Sat. 1.1-21 Semper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam uexatus totiens rauci Theseide...

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The Elephant (Anth. Lat. 187)

Chief of Monsters Monstrorum princeps, Elephans proboscide saevus horret mole nigra, dente micat...

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The Glory of Spain (Claudian, Laus Serenae 50-69)

In honor of Spain’s recent world cup victory, here’s a bit of Claudian on the glories of Spain...

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The Art of Love (Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.1-24)

Hi everybody! Sorry for the extended hiatus. The summer should bring time for more frequent...

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Heavenly Food (Prudentius, Psychomachia Pref. 29-44)

Here is Brendan Boston reading a section from the iambic preface that Prudentius wrote to his...

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The Peaceful Heart (Prudentius, Psychomachia 779-784)

Here is a recording by Amy Hall of a lovely passage from near the end of Psychomachia (or “Battle...

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Horace, Odes 1.1

Horace, Odes 1.1 Maecenas atauis edite regibus, o et praesidium et dulce decus meum, sunt quos...

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Some Hexamater lists

Hexamater lists All 12 of the chief Roman gods (Ennius): Iuno Vesta Minerva Ceres Diana Venus...

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To a Glutton (Francesco Filelfo, Odes 1.9)

Filelfo Odes 1.9 Si te trux adeo podagra torquet, nec cessat laterum dolor, podarge, affligitque...

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To Aelia Secundula (CIL 8.20277)

Thanks to everyone who voted for Latin Poetry Podcast in the 2009 Edublog Awards contest. I came...

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Decimus Laberius

This just in, Latin Poetry Podcast is a finalist in the 2009 Edublog Awards, Category: Best...

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Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1-8

Quintilian on pausing Pacing: Quintilian on pauses in Aeneid 1.1–8 (Inst. 11.3.33–38, trans....

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