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S2E60 Seneca on the way

May 08, 2025 2m

The Stoics and Epicureans agree philosophy is the way.Philosophiae servias oportet, ut tibi contingat vera libertas.It is necessary that you must serve philosophy, so that you may gain true…

S2E59 Virgil on fated vengeance

May 07, 2025 2m

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:…

S2E58 Ausonius on winning

May 06, 2025 4m

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,…

S2E57 Statius on dignity and justice

May 05, 2025 2m

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…

S2E56 Lucretius on how to live

May 04, 2025 3m

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…

S2E55 Ovid drinks to oblivion

May 01, 2025 2m

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:…

S2E54 Martial says the rich get richer

Apr 30, 2025 1m

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,…

S2E53 Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare

Apr 29, 2025 1m

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

S2E52 Seneca on success

Apr 28, 2025 1m

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:…

Gellius sets the stage

Apr 27, 2025 3m

Gellius sets the stage for a morality tale."In Circo Maximo," inquit, "venationis amplissimae, pugna populo dabatur."“In the Circus Maximus,” he said, “a most magnificent hunt and fight was being…

S2E50 Aeneas makes landfall

Apr 24, 2025 2m

Aeneas makes landfall in Italy having lost his father.Hic labor extremus, longarum haec meta viarum.This, our final struggle, the last of our long wanderings.Hic: thisLabor: labour, effort, struggle,…

S2E49 Martial on the essence of wealth

Apr 23, 2025 2m

Martial’s irony captures the essence of wealth.Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes.The only riches you will always have, you will have given away.Quas: relative pronoun referring to opesDederis:…

S2E48 Statius puts in a pin in self-help

Apr 22, 2025 2m

Statius is no self-help guru.Invida Fata piis et Fors ingentibus ausis rara comes.Fate spites the righteous and Fortune rarely attends to the daring.Invida: jealous, spitefulFata: fates,…

S2E47 Seneca's secret of contentment

Apr 21, 2025 2m

Seneca’s secret to be content.Nisi sapienti sua non placentUnless to the wise person, his own things are not pleasingOr more idiomatically: The wise alone are content with what is theirsNisi:…

S2E46 Virgil on the universality of sorrow

Apr 20, 2025 2m

Virgil, on the sorrow lived and seen as one wanders the world.Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.There are tears for such things, and mortal things that touch the heart. Sunt: there…

S2E45 Martial is not in a hurry to die famous

Apr 16, 2025 1m

Why rush fame, if the price is death? Martial is in no hurry.Si post fata venit gloria, non propero.If after the fates glory comes, I am not rushing.Si: ifPost fata: after the fates (i.e. after…

S2E44 Ovid says love is a battlefield

Apr 15, 2025 1m

Love is a battlefield, says Ovid.Bella mihi, video, bella parantur.Wars against me, I see, wars are being prepared.Bella: warsMihi: for me, against meVideo: I seeParantur: are being prepared

S2E43 Ausonius on passion ungoverned

Apr 14, 2025 4m

Ausonius plays on passion ungoverned. Nymphis quae Hylam merserunt furtim: Naides amore saevo et irrito: ephebus iste flos erit.To the nymphs who secretly drowned Hylas,  the Naiads’ with savage…

S2E42 Seneca's theatre for two

Apr 13, 2025 2m

One friend is a stage, for Seneca.Satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus.Indeed, we are a large enough stage for one another.Satis: enough, quiteEnim: for, indeedMagnum: great, large,…

S2E41 Ovid on daring to love

Apr 10, 2025 4m

Ovid speaks of the daring love requires.Per Styga detur, Stygias transabimus undas; sunt mihi naturae iura novanda meae.If passage be granted through the Styx, we will cross over Stygian waves; the…

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