Wednesday, 29 September 2010
HERODOTUS: THE HISTORIES: EXTRACTS FROM BOOK 8: ARTEMISIA'S GOOD FORTUNE AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS
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Introduction. Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.490-c.425 B.C.) has been called the 'Father of History'. His "Histories", ...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
HORACE: ODES: BOOK III
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Introduction. The Augustan or Golden Age of Latin literature (40 B.C.-14 A.D.) was the period in which Latin poetry attained its highes...
Monday, 20 September 2010
OVID: METAMORPHOSES: EXTRACTS FROM BOOK III: ECHO AND NARCISSUS
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Introduction. Readers are referred to Sabidius' translation of Book VIII of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" which was published...
Sunday, 19 September 2010
VIRGIL: GEORGICS: EXTRACT FROM BOOK IV; ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
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Ll. 464-527. Towards the end of the fourth and final book of his magical poem, the "Georgics", ostensibly a guide to country livi...
Friday, 17 September 2010
HOMER'S ODYSSEY: EXTRACTS FROM BOOK V: CALYPSO IS ORDERED BY THE GODS TO RELEASE ODYSSEUS.
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Introduction. In this piece of translation, Sabidius turns to Homer's second great epic poem, the "Odyssey", which is bel...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
CAESAR: "DE BELLO GALLICO": BOOK V
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Introduction. For Latin scholars, translating extracts from Caesar's "Gallic Wars" is an evocative, if not nostalgic, exp...
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