Penelope to Odysseus part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 1.37-74) episode artwork

EPISODE · May 26, 2020 · 15 MIN

Penelope to Odysseus part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 1.37-74)

from Latin Poetry Podcast · host Latin Poetry Podcast

http://blogs.dickinson.edu/latin-poetry-podcast/files/2020/05/Ovid-Heroides-1-podcast-2.mp3 If you love Ovid’s Heroides, consider joining Chun Liu (Professor of Comparative Literature at Peking University) and me at the Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop (online this year), July 15-20, 2020. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2019/11/06/dickinson-summer-latin-workshop-ovid-heroides/ Omnia namque tuō senior tē quaerere missō rettulerat nātō Nestor, at ille mihi. rettulit et ferrō Rhēsumque Dolōnaque caesōs, utque sit hic somnō prōditus, ille dolō.                                               40 ausus es—ō nimium nimiumque oblīte tuōrum!— Thrācia nocturnō tangere castra dolō totque simul mactāre virōs, adiūtus ab ūnō! at bene cautus erās et memor ante meī! usque metū micuēre sinūs, dum victor amīcum                                 45 dictus es īsse per agmen equīs.   Sed mihi quid prōdest vestrīs disiecta lacertīs Īlios et, mūrus quod fuit, esse solum, sī maneō, quālis Troiā dūrante manēbam, virque mihi dēmptō fīne cārendus abest?                                                 50 dīruta sunt aliīs, ūnī mihi Pergama restant, incola captīvō quae bove victor arat. iam seges est, ubi Troia fuit, resecandaque falce luxuriat Phrygiō sanguine pinguis humus; sēmisepulta virum curvīs feriuntur arātrīs                                                  55 ossa, ruīnōsās occulit herba domōs. victor abes, nec scīre mihi, quae causa morandī, aut in quō lateās ferreus orbe, licet!   Quisquis ad haec vertit peregrīnam lītora puppim, ille mihi dē tē multa rogātus abit,                                                                60 quamque tibi reddat, sī tē modo vīderit usquam, trāditur huic digitīs charta notāta meīs. nōs Pylon, antīquī Nēlēia Nestoris arva, mīsimus; incertā est fāma remissa Pylō. mīsimus et Spartēn; Spartē quoque nescia vērī.                                        65 quās habitās terrās, aut ubi lentus abes? ūtilius stārent etiamnunc moenia Phoebī— īrāscor vōtīs, heu, levis ipsa meīs! scīrem ubi pugnārēs, et tantum bella timērem, et mea cum multīs iūncta querēlā foret.                                                    70 quid timeam, ignōrō—timeō tamen omnia dēmēns, et patet in cūrās ārea lāta meās. quaecumque aequor habet, quaecumque perīcula tellus, tam longae causās suspicor esse morae.  

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published May 26, 2020

Embed this episode

NOW PLAYING

Penelope to Odysseus part 2 (Ovid, Heroides 1.37-74)

0:00 15:07

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

No similar episodes found.

No similar podcasts found.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of Latin Poetry Podcast?

This episode is 15 minutes long.

When was this Latin Poetry Podcast episode published?

This episode was published on May 26, 2020.

Can I download this Latin Poetry Podcast episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.
URL copied to clipboard!