The Latin Poetry Podcast

The Latin Poetry Podcast Latin poems or excerpts from Laitn poems, explained, translated, and read in Latin by Christopher Francese.

Nearly a half-million words of conversational Latin, in the form of 16th c. Colloquia Scholastica originally digitized a...
10/28/2024

Nearly a half-million words of conversational Latin, in the form of 16th c. Colloquia Scholastica originally digitized at Stoa.org, are now newly available for re-use, thanks to the work of Meagan Ayer at Dickinson College Commentaries.
https://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2024/10/28/colloquia-latina-from-stoa-org/

Colloquia Latina from Stoa.org Posted on October 28, 2024 by Chris Francese In the years around 2007 a team of graduate students and faculty associated with the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Latin Studies under the direction of Ross Scaife did valiant digitization work on a set of Colloqu...

New at DCC: Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis, “The Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot,” edited by William Turpin. It’s a...
12/31/2023

New at DCC: Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis, “The Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot,” edited by William Turpin. It’s a medieval Irish adventure involving monks on a boat, otters, a gryphon, volcanic islands, and the Promised Land of the Saints. Enjoy The Latin is easy, and the notes provide context for readers unfamiliar with medieval Latin, medieval Ireland, or Christian institutions. Enjoy! https://dcc.dickinson.edu/navigatio-brendani/intro/preface

Please spread the word about the summer 2023 lineup of classics workshops from Dickinson College. Some are virtual, some...
03/07/2023

Please spread the word about the summer 2023 lineup of classics workshops from Dickinson College. Some are virtual, some in-person, one is hybrid. All are affordable and fun:

1. Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop July 7-12, 2023 [hybrid]: Navigatio Brendani with William Turpin (Swarthmore) and Chris Francese (Dickinson): https://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2022/11/08/dickinson-summer-latin-workshop-2023-navigatio-brendani/
2. Dickinson Digital Latin Workshop July 12-15, 2023 [in person only]: fundamentals of computational text analysis for Latin with Patrick Burns (ISAW) https://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2022/11/08/dickinson-digital-latin-workshop-july-13-15-2023/
3. Conventiculum Dickinsoniense July 16-21, 2023 [in person only]: active Latin with Terence Tunberg and Milena Minkova (University of Kentucky) https://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2022/11/09/conventiculum-dickinsoniense-2023/
4. Summer Greek Workshop July 17-21, 2023: [online only] Plutarch, Bravery of Women with Mallory Monaco Caterine (Tulane) and Scott Farrington (Dickinson) https://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2023/02/21/dickinson-summer-greek-workshop-2023-plutarch-bravery-of-women/

DICKINSON SUMMER GREEK WORKSHOP: JULY 17-21, 2023  Format: online only Moderators: Prof. Mallory Monaco Caterine (Tulane Univeristy) and Prof. Scott Farrington (Dickinson College) 

Just announced: Dickinson Summer Greek Workshop July 17-22, 2023: Plutarch, Bravery of Women. Moderators: Prof. Mallory ...
02/26/2023

Just announced: Dickinson Summer Greek Workshop July 17-22, 2023: Plutarch, Bravery of Women. Moderators: Prof. Mallory Monaco Caterine ( ) and Prof. Scott Farrington ( ).

DICKINSON SUMMER GREEK WORKSHOP: JULY 17-21, 2023 Format: online only Moderators: Prof. Mallory Monaco Caterine (Tulane Univeristy) and Prof. Scott Farrington (Dickinson College)

New at DCC: Lysias, "For the Disabled Man (Oration 24)" edited by Taylor Coughlin. Delivered at the turn the fourth cen...
11/11/2022

New at DCC: Lysias, "For the Disabled Man (Oration 24)" edited by Taylor Coughlin. Delivered at the turn the fourth century BCE, it is one of the few extant speeches intended to be delivered by a poor Athenian.
https://dcc.dickinson.edu/lysias-24/intro/preface

New episode at Latin Poetry Podcast: "Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)" http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin...
08/05/2020

New episode at Latin Poetry Podcast: "Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)" http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin-poetry-podcast/2020/08/05/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, and corruption of city life. (Seneca apparently knew little of c...

New over at Latin Poetry Podcast: Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 3 (Ovid, Heroides 4.105-146. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/la...
07/08/2020

New over at Latin Poetry Podcast: Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 3 (Ovid, Heroides 4.105-146. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin-poetry-podcast/2020/07/08/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 abandon Theseus and move to Troezen to be with Hippolytus.

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, she argues. Their close family connection is no proble...

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