Virgil on fated vengeance
Virgil prophesies Carthage’s avenger.Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultorMay someone arise, an avenger, out of our bonesExoriare: may you ariseAliquis: someoneNostris: our (abl. pl.)Ex ossibus: f...
7 Maj 20252min
Ausonius on winning
Ausonius shows battles won without weapons, or anything else really.Armatam vidit Venerem Lacedaemone Pallas. “Nunc certemus,” ait, “iudice vel Paride.” Cui Venus: “Armatam tu me, temeraria, temnis, q...
6 Maj 20254min
Statius on dignity and justice
Statius on the power of dignity and justice.Vade, atra dature supplicia, extremique tamen secure sepulcri.Go, you who are destined to suffer dark punishments, yet without fear of your final tomb.Vade:...
5 Maj 20252min
Lucretius on how to live
Lucretius on how to live in the world.Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.That if anyone should govern t...
4 Maj 20253min
Ovid drinks to oblivion
Ovid drinks to oblivionAut nulla ebrietas, aut tanta sit, ut tibi curas eripiatEither no drunkenness, or let it be so great that it dispels your worriesAut … aut: either … orNulla: noEbrietas: drunken...
1 Maj 20252min
Martial says the rich get richer
Martial says the rich get richer.Dantur opes nullis nunc nisi divitibus.Wealth is now given to no one but the rich.Dantur: are givenOpes: wealthNullis: to no oneNunc: nowNisi: except, unlessDivitibus:...
30 Apr 20251min
Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare
Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare.Huc mecum ad manes.Come here, with me, to the spirits of the dead.Huc: to hereMecum: with meAd: to, towardManes: the spirits of the dead
29 Apr 20251min
Seneca on success
Seneca is circumspect on success.Non est tuum, fortuna quod fecit tuum.It is not yours, what Fortune has made yours.Non est: it is notTuum: yoursFortuna: the goddess of luckQuod: whatFecit: madeTuum: ...
28 Apr 20251min
