Category Archives: Poetry

Leonidas Elegy on Impoverished Life with a Mouse Anth. Gr. 6.302 (G-P 37) Translated by Steven J. Willett Roman mosaic of remnants thrown on the floor at a wealthy man’s feast. This is what Leonidas would love to enjoy, but … Continue reading →

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Leonidas of Tarentum Epigram (6.120) G-P 91 on Lyric Poets Translated by Steven J. Willett ἐξ ἡρέων ἡ γὰρ παρθένος αὐλοθέτει. Not only do I know, perching on a lofty tree, how To sing, as I am scorched by midsummer … Continue reading →

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Translated by Steven J. Willett Drawing by Louise Keller, 1842 From dew the grass is glistening; more agilely The stream awakened rushes; the beech inclines    Her slender head and in the leafage       Rustles and shimmers; and … Continue reading →

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Translated by Steven J. Willett This 5th-century red-figure cup image shows a client trying to bribe a courtesan with a bag of coins while she stands back a little doubtful while gazing at her beauty in a mirror. Note: In … Continue reading →

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Translated by Steven J. Willett This is a Roman plaque that depicts a marriage with the husband holding the contract and a representative of each family observing the ceremony. Note: The elegy is a birthday present for Tibullus’ good friend … Continue reading →

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Translated by Steven J. Willett Hades and Cerebus 2nd-century AD, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete Note: Hades was the eldest male child of Cronus and Rhea. His brothers were Zeus and Poseidon. He was later known to the Greeks as … Continue reading →

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Translated by Steven J. Willett Jadwiga Łuszcenska portrayed as lecturing Diotima in the 1855 painting by Józef Simmler A 1st-century bronze plaque that depicts Diotima, Eros and Socrates Note: Diotima (stressed in English Diotíma from Greek Διοτίμα) was the pseudonym Plato … Continue reading →

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Horace Ode II.1 Translated by Steven J. Willett A Roman bust of C. Asinius Pollio 76BC~4AD Note: Pollio fought with Caesar during the Civil War 49 to 45BC serving as his legate in Africa and Spain. After Caesar’s assassination in … Continue reading →

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