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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2010

Some Hexamater lists

from Latin Poetry Podcast

Hexamater lists All 12 of the chief Roman gods (Ennius): Iuno Vesta Minerva Ceres Diana Venus Mars Mercurius Iovis Neptunus Volcanus Apollo Ingredients of a cocktail called dodra (Ausonius): Ius aqua mel vinum panis piper herba oleum sal All letters of the Latin alphabet: Duc, Zephyre exsurgens, durum cum flatibus aequor All parts of speech: Vae tibi lascivo, quia mox post gaudia flebis. Or: Vae tibi ridenti, quia mox post gaudia flebis. For more in this vein, see the wonderful article by Harry C. Schnur, “The Factotum: Some Varieties of the Latin Hexameter,” The Classical World 53 (1960) 153-157.

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