Apollonius of Tyana, was a Greek philosopher of the1st century AC, who is about to become one of my favourites! Apollonius’s life has so many similarities to that of Jesus […]
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Pindar Olympian 10.1-12 (contributed by Nigel Nicholson)
This poem was written for Hagesidamos, the son of Archestratos, from Epizephyrian Locri, a decent sized city on the toe of Italy. Hagesidamos had won the boys’ boxing contest at […]
Catullus 50 (and Martial, contributed by Benjamin Walter)
I started with the Catullus poem 50, a wonderful poem about a little incident of friendship and spontaneous epigram writing that captures much of the genre. The next three poems […]
Martial Epigrams 1.34, 5.68, 10.39, 11.62, 6.34 (contributed by Jacob Horn)
Martial makes no secret that he was greatly inspired by the poetry of his predecessor Catullus, whose contributions to poetry beyond his epigrams Martial often minimizes, if not outright ignores. […]
Martial Epigrams 2.36, 8.47, 10.83, 12.7 (contributed by Matthew Liscovitz)
Martial wrote several epigrams about how people wear their hair, or lack of hair. These epigrams give a quirky insight into Roman thoughts on beauty not so different from ideas […]
Martial Epigrams 7.305, 9, 13 (contributed by Gabe Reale)
These are a few of my favorite witty epigrams from the first portion of book 7 of Martial’s epigrams, the collection of which I am studying for my Junior Seminar […]
Priapus Poems (contributed by Gaia Brusasco)
The Priapea is a collection of Latin poems of unknown authorship. The mostly-short poems are dedicated to or written about the god Priapus, an unrealistically well-endowed minor deity of fertility. […]
Latin Love and Lust Epigram: Inscriptions from the Walls of Pompeii (contrbuted by Amelia W. Eichengreen)
In AD 79 Vesuvius erupted burying Pompeii in ash, preserving the city like a time-capsule for future scholars. Since its re-discovery, Pompeii has attracted multitudes of tourists, archaeologists and classicists […]
Lucretius, De rerum natura I. 80-101 (contributed by Terry Walsh)
I have always admired Lucretius’ stern and rational epicureanism, so different from the orthodox classical belief. (And Emanuele’s Cicero passage needs a counterblast!) Terry Walsh Illud in his […]
Running a Fever (Walter Savage Landor, 1775-1864)
A neglected literary giant whose works have fallen into near-oblivion, Landor was also one of the 19th century’s most quixotic figures – a genius to some, eccentric madman to others. […]