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00:03:27

Virgil on your allotted time

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2026/10/01

Aeneid 10.467Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inrēparābile tempus omnibus est vītae.Stat: stands, stands fixedsua: his owncuique: for eachdiēs: daybreve: shortet: andinrēparābile: irrecoverabletempus: timeomnibus: for allest: isvītae: of lifeTo each his day stands fixed; brief and irrecoverable for all is the time of life.Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

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00:03:17

Seneca on delay

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2026/09/30

De ira 2.22.3Dandum semper est tempus; vēritātem diēs aperit.Dandum: must be givensemper: alwaysest: istempus: timevēritātem: truthdiēs: dayaperit: opens, revealsTime must always be given, for the day reveals the truth. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

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00:02:53

Seneca on the way

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2025/05/08

The Stoics and Epicureans agree philosophy is the way.Philosophiae servias oportet, ut tibi contingat vera libertas.It is necessary that you must serve philosophy, so that you may gain true freedom.Philosophiae: to philosophyServias: may you serve, you must serveOportet: it is necessaryUt contingat: so that it may happenTibi: to youVera libertas: true freedom

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00:02:39

Virgil on fated vengeance

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2025/05/07

Virgil prophesies Carthage’s avenger.Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultorMay someone arise, an avenger, out of our bonesExoriare: may you ariseAliquis: someoneNostris: our (abl. pl.)Ex ossibus: from (our) bonesUltor: avenger

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00:04:03

Ausonius on winning

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2025/05/06

Ausonius shows battles won without weapons, or anything else really.Armatam vidit Venerem Lacedaemone Pallas. “Nunc certemus,” ait, “iudice vel Paride.” Cui Venus: “Armatam tu me, temeraria, temnis, quae, quo te vici tempore, nuda fui?”Minerva saw Venus armed in Sparta.“Now let us fight,” she said, “with Paris as judge, even.”To whom Venus: “reckless are you to scorn me, now I am armed, I, who at the time when I last defeated you, was naked?”Armatam: armedVidit: she sawVenerem: VenusLacedaemone: in

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00:02:37

Statius on dignity and justice

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2025/05/05

Statius on the power of dignity and justice.Vade, atra dature supplicia, extremique tamen secure sepulcri.Go, you who are destined to suffer dark punishments, yet without fear of your final tomb.Vade: Go!Atra: black, gloomyDature: about to give, sufferSupplicia: punishmentsExtremi sepulcri: of the final tombTamen: yet, neverthelessSecure: without fear, safely

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00:03:33

Lucretius on how to live

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2025/05/04

Lucretius on how to live in the world.Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.That if anyone should govern their life with true reason, there are great riches to a man who may live simply with a calm mind; for indeed one lacks not, who has little.Quod: but, because, thatSiquis: if anyoneVera: trueRatione: reasonVitam: lifeGubernet: should governDivitiae grandes: great richesHomini sunt: are to a manVivere

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00:02:28

Ovid drinks to oblivion

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2025/05/01

Ovid drinks to oblivionAut nulla ebrietas, aut tanta sit, ut tibi curasEither no drunkenness, or let it be so great that it dispels your worriesAut … aut: either … orNulla: noEbrietas: drunkennessTanta: so great, muchSit: let it beUt: so thatTibi: for you Curas: cares, worries

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00:01:42

Martial says the rich get richer

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2025/04/30

Martial says the rich get richer.Dantur opes nullis nunc nisi divitibus.Wealth is now given to no one but the rich.Dantur: are givenOpes: wealthNullis: to no oneNunc: nowNisi: except, unlessDivitibus: to the rich

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00:01:23

Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare

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2025/04/29

Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare.Huc mecum ad manes.Come here, with me, to the spirits of the dead.Huc: to hereMecum: with meAd: to, towardManes: the spirits of the dead

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00:01:56

Seneca on success

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2025/04/28

Seneca is circumspect on success.Non est tuum, fortuna quod fecit tuum.It is not yours, what Fortune has made yours.Non est: it is notTuum: yoursFortuna: the goddess of luckQuod: whatFecit: madeTuum: yours

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00:03:33

Gellius sets the stage

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2025/04/27

Gellius sets the stage for a morality tale."In Circo Maximo," inquit, "venationis amplissimae, pugna populo dabatur."“In the Circus Maximus,” he said, “a most magnificent hunt and fight was being given to the people.”In Circo Maximo: in the Circus MaximusInquit: he saidVenationis: of a huntAmplissimae: most magnificent (superlative agreeing with venationis)Pugna: fight, combatPopulo: for the peopleDabatur: was being given

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00:02:25

Aeneas makes landfall

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2025/04/24

Aeneas makes landfall in Italy having lost his father.Hic labor extremus, longarum haec meta viarum.This, our final struggle, the last of our long wanderings.Hic: thisLabor: labour, effort, struggle, trialExtremus: last, finalLongarum: longHaec: demonstrative pronoun referring to metaMeta: goal, end pointViarum: of the roads/journeys

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00:02:15

Martial on the essence of wealth

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2025/04/23

Martial’s irony captures the essence of wealth.Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes.The only riches you will always have, you will have given away.Quas: relative pronoun referring to opesDederis: you will have givenSolas: onlySemper: alwaysHabebis: you will haveOpes: wealth, riches

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00:02:38

Statius puts in a pin in self-help

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2025/04/22

Statius is no self-help guru.Invida Fata piis et Fors ingentibus ausis rara comes.Fate spites the righteous and Fortune rarely attends to the daring.Invida: jealous, spitefulFata: fates, destiniesPiis: to the righteous, dutifulEt: andFors: FortuneIngentibus: mighty, vastAusis: daring deeds, bold venturesRara: rareComes: companion, attendant

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00:02:27

Seneca's secret of contentment

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2025/04/21

Seneca’s secret to be content.Nisi sapienti sua non placentUnless to the wise person, his own things are not pleasingOr more idiomatically: The wise alone are content with what is theirsNisi: unlessSapienti: to the wise man/woman/personSua: his own thingsNon placent: are not pleasing

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00:02:31

Virgil on the universality of sorrow

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2025/04/20

Virgil, on the sorrow lived and seen as one wanders the world.Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.There are tears for such things, and mortal things that touch the heart. Sunt: there areLacrimae: tearsRerum: of things, events, affairsEt: andMentem: mind, heartMortalia: mortal things, human affairs, things subject to deathTangunt: touch

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00:01:39

Martial is not in a hurry to die famous

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2025/04/16

Why rush fame, if the price is death? Martial is in no hurry.Si post fata venit gloria, non propero.If after the fates glory comes, I am not rushing.Si: ifPost fata: after the fates (i.e. after death)Venit: comes, arrivesGloria: gloryNon propero: I do not hurry, I am not rushing

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00:01:53

Ovid says love is a battlefield

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2025/04/15

Love is a battlefield, says Ovid.Bella mihi, video, bella parantur.Wars against me, I see, wars are being prepared.Bella: warsMihi: for me, against meVideo: I seeParantur: are being prepared

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00:04:05

Ausonius on passion ungoverned

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2025/04/14

Ausonius plays on passion ungoverned. Nymphis quae Hylam merserunt furtim: Naides amore saevo et irrito: ephebus iste flos erit.To the nymphs who secretly drowned Hylas, the Naiads’ with savage and unfulfilled love, that young man will be a flower.Nymphis: to the nymphsQuae: whoHylam: accusative of HylasMerserunt: they drowned, plungedFurtim: secretly, stealthilyNaides: the NaiadsAmore: with loveSaevo et irrito: savage and unfulfilled (ablative)Ephebus: young man (from the Greek)Iste: thatFlos

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