Monthly Archives: May 2012

in Catilinam 1.1.1-2

The opening lines from Cicero’s oration against Catiline. Stephen Jenkin     quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos1 eludet? quem ad finem […]

May 30, 2012 – 3:03 pm | By Steve Jenkin | Posted in Cicero | Comments (0)

Odyssey 1.1-10

The opening lines from the Odyssey, in which Homer describes the hero Odysseus, his character, his suffering. Jane Mason and Stephen Jenkin   ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα […]

May 30, 2012 – 1:05 pm | By Steve Jenkin | Posted in Homer | Comments (0)

Iliad 1.1-7

The opening lines from the Iliad, in which Homer describes the dispute between Agamemnon and Achilles and its effect on the Greek soldiers. Stephen Jenkin μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος […]

May 30, 2012 – 11:03 am | By Steve Jenkin | Posted in Homer | Comments (0)

Olympian 1.1-13

This poem celebrates the victory of Hieron, ruler of Syracuse, in the single-horse race at the Olympic Games in 476BC. A number of Pindar’s victory odes were written for Sicilians, […]

May 29, 2012 – 1:40 pm | By Steve Jenkin | Posted in Pindar | Comments (0)