Monday, February 1, 2021

A Poem by Horace to be Reworked

   When the pandemic hit, I signed up for Great Courses. The first one I took was Latin 101. Latin was the first foreign language I formally learned, taking two years in high school. IT was to be my doctoral language at UC-Irvine, served me well in seminary (Lutheran), and always intrigued me. Dr. H-F. Mueller taught the Great Course classes (I am taking his Greek 101 now).

    He recommended this book for further study: https://www.amazon.com/Horace-Legamus-Transitional-Reader-Latin/dp/0865166765, which is where I worked through the gem above.

     Here's an English translation:

https://www.poetry-archive.com/h/to_chloe.html


    I will post my reworked version later, giving of course due homage to Horace! Here's the original!


https://feminaeromanae.org/Horace1.23.html 

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