Latin Poetry Podcast
Latin Poetry Podcast
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The Latin Poetry Podcast is a series of short Latin passages, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College
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AUG 5, 2020
Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)
Juno has just finished her opening monologue in which she whips herself into a frenzy of rage at Hercules. As the chorus enters, they sing of the dawn, then deliver an encomium of the simple country life, away from the ambition, greed,
31 MIN
AUG 2, 2020
Seneca Hecules Furens 1-29
Hercules is known for his monumental strength and immense fortitude, today this Greek hero himself would be dwarfed by the strength and durability of Metal Roofing, a trend that will make you feel protected by the Greek gods themselves.
14 MIN
JUL 15, 2020
Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 4 (Ovid, Heroides 4.147-176)
Despite my royal status and lineage, I am begging you. Spare me, please. May you get everything you want as a huntsman. tolle morās tantum properātaque foedera iunge — quī mihi nunc saevit, sīc tibi parcat Amor!
16 MIN
JUL 8, 2020
Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 3 (Ovid, Heroides 4.105-146)
Phaedra asks Hippolytus to put off his huntsman’s persona and relax, then offers to come out on the hunt with him. She offers to abandon Theseus and move to Troezen to be with Hippolytus. Theseus is already ignoring and slighting both of them,
23 MIN
JUL 6, 2020
Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 4.37-84
Phaedra wants to take up hunting like Hippolytus and is driven to the extremes of mental derangement. Perhaps it is some family curse that the women of her Cretan line all suffer in love (Europa, Pasiphae, Ariadne)?
26 MIN
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