Horace, Epistulae 1.1.53-56: “ÅŒ cÄ«|vÄ“s, cÄ«|vÄ“s, quÇ£|rÄ“ndă pÄ•|cÅ«nÄă | prÄ«mum Ä“st; vÄ«rtÅ«s | pÅst nÅ«m|mÅs!” HÇ£c | JÄnÅ«s | sÅ«mmÅs ăb | Ä«mÅ prÅdÅcÄ•t, | hÇ£c rÄ•cÄ|nÅ«nt jÅvÄ•|nÄ“s dÄ«c|tÄtă sÄ•|nÄ“squÄ•. “Hey, citizens! Citizens! Seeking money should come first – virtue after dollars!” This is what the Janus teaches from end to end; the young and […]
Also tagged 1st century BC, dactylic hexameter, translation(Yeah, I know I haven’t posted here in a while — I’ve been working on a large blog post and have been neglecting the smaller ones.) Horace, Epode 8: sÄ“d Ä«ncÄtÄt | mÄ“ pÄ“ctÅs Ä“t | mÄmmÇ£ pÅtrÄ“s Ä•quÄ«nă quÄ|lÄ“s Å«bÄ•ră vÄ“ntÄ“rquÄ• mÅl|lÄs Ä“t fÄ•mÅ«r | tÅmÄ“ntÄbÅ«s Ä“xÄ«lÄ• sÅ«|rÄ«s ÄddÄtÅ«m. But your chest excites me, […]
Also tagged 1st century BC, iambic dimeter, iambic trimeter, translation, venterHorace (Epistulae 1.15): Ä€d mărÄ• | cÅ«m vÄ“|nÄ«, gÄ•nÄ•|rÅs(um) Ä“t | lÄ“nÄ• rÄ•|quÄ«rÅ, quÅd cÅ«|rÄs ăbÄg|Ät, quÅd | cÅ«m spÄ“ | dÄ«vÄtÄ• | mÄnÄ“t Ä«n vÄ“|nÄs ănÄ|mÅ«mquÄ• mÄ•|Å«m, quÅd | vÄ“rbă mÄ|nÄ«strÄ“t, quÅd mÄ“ | LÅ«cÄ|næ jÅvÄ•|nÄ“m cÅm|mÄ“ndÄ•t ă|mÄ«cæ. When I go to the sea, I need a smooth [wine] with a good lineage, to […]
Also tagged 1st century BC, abigo, dactylic hexameter, scansion, stress accent, translationHorace, against time hallowing all things (Epistulae 2.1): ScrÄ«ptÅr ăb|hÄ«nc Än|nÅs cÄ“n|tÅ«m quÄ« | dÄ“cÄdÄt, | Ä«ntÄ“r pÄ“rfÄ“c|tÅs vÄ•tÄ•|rÄ“squÄ• rÄ•|fÄ“rrÄ« | dÄ“bÄ•t ăn | Ä«ntÄ“r vÄ«lÄ«s | ÄtquÄ• nÅ|vÅs? Ä’x|clÅ«dÄt | jÅ«rgÄă | fÄ«nÄ«s. The author who passed away a hundred years ago—should he be placed among the perfect and the ancient, or among the […]
Also tagged 1st century BC, abhinc, dactylic hexameter, finis, translation