Short Latin passages, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College.
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Short Latin passages, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College.
Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 4 (Ovid, Heroides 4.147-176)
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Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 4 (Ovid, Heroides 4.147-176)
Despite my royal status and lineage, I am begging you. Spare me, please. May you get everything you want as a huntsman.
tolle morās tantum properātaque foedera iunge —
quī mihi nunc saevit, sīc tibi parcat Amor!
nōn ego dēdignor supplex humilisque precārī.
150 heu! ubi nunc fastūs altaque verba iacent?
et pugnāre diū nec mē submittere culpae
certa fuī — certī sīquid habēret amor;
vīcta precor genibusque tuīs rēgālia tendō
bracchia! quid deceat, nōn videt ūllus amāns.
155 dēpuduī, profugusque pudor sua signa relīquit.
dā veniam fassae dūraque corda domā!
quod mihi sit genitor, quī possidet aequora, Mīnōs,
quod veniant proavī fulmina torta manū,
quod sit avus radiīs frontem vāllātus acūtīs,
160 purpureum rapidō quī movet axe diem —
nōbilitās sub amōre iacet! miserēre priōrum
et, mihi sī nōn vīs parcere, parce meīs!
est mihi dōtālis tellūs Iovis īnsula, Crētē —
serviat Hippolytō rēgia tōta meō!
165 flecte, ferōx, animōs! potuit corrumpere taurum
māter; eris taurō saevior ipse trucī?
per Venerem, parcās, ōrō, quae plūrima mēcum est!
sīc numquam, quae tē spernere possit, amēs;
sīc tibi sēcrētīs agilis dea saltibus adsit,
170 silvaque perdendās praebeat alta ferās;
sīc faveant Satyrī montānaque nūmina Pānes,
et cadat adversā cuspide fossus aper;
sīc tibi dent Nymphae, quamvīs ōdisse puellās
dīceris, ārentem quae levet unda sitim!
175 addimus hīs precibus lacrimās quoque; verba precantis
quī legis, et lacrimās finge vidēre meās!
Latin Poetry Podcast
Short Latin passages, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College.
