[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/apuleius-on-toothpaste.mp3] Calpurniane, salue properis uersibus. Misi, ut petisti, tibi munditias dentium, nitelas oris ex Arabicis frugibus, tenuem, candificum, nobilem puluisculum, complanatorem tumidulae gingiuulae, conuerritorem pridianae reliquiae, ne qua uisatur taetra labes sordium, restrictis forte si labellis riseris. Subscribe with...
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/what-to-pray-for.mp3] nil ergo optabunt homines? si consilium uis, permittes ipsis expendere numinibus quid conueniat nobis rebusque sit utile nostris; nam pro iucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di. carior est illis homo quam sibi. nos animorum 350 inpulsu et caeca magnaque cupidine ducti coniugium petimus partumque uxoris, at illis notum qui pueri qualisque futura sit uxor. ut tamen et poscas aliquid uoueasque sacellis exta et candiduli diuina thy...
This is a song for the retiring professor Fitts in Classical Studies and Archaeology, a hymn to his achievements and stature. It includes a brief mention of his resemblance to the Roman emperor Vespasian (see the photo below). The melody is from an old English folksong, “I Drew My Ship into the Harbor.” [audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/hes-dug-a-trench.mp3] He’s dug a trench in old Mycenae He’s dug a trench in Scottish glens He’s dug a trench, and then fell in it Naught but a cra...
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/the-plea-of-orpheus.mp3] perque leves populos simulacraque functa sepulcro Persephonen adiit inamoenaque regna tenentem umbrarum dominum pulsisque ad carmina nervis sic ait: ‘o positi sub terra numina mundi, in quem reccidimus, quicquid mortale creamur, si licet et falsi positis ambagibus oris vera loqui sinitis, non huc, ut opaca viderem Tartara, descendi, nec uti villosa colubris terna Medusaei vincirem guttura monstri: causa viae est coniunx, i...
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/hymn-to-a-gladiator.mp3] Hermes Martia saeculi uoluptas, Hermes omnibus eruditus armis, Hermes et gladiator et magister, Hermes turbo sui tremorque ludi, Hermes, quem timet Helius, sed unum, 5 Hermes, cui cadit Aduolans, sed uni, Hermes uincere nec ferire doctus, Hermes subpositicius sibi ipse, Hermes diuitiae locariorum, Hermes cura laborque ludiarum, 10 Hermes belligera superbus hasta, Hermes aequoreo minax tridente, Hermes casside languida time...
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/apollo-the-doctor.mp3] Phoebe, salutiferum quod pangimus adsere carmen inuentumque tuum prompto comitare fauore. tuque, potens artis, reduces qui tradere uitas nosti et in caelum manes reuocare sepultos, qui colis Aegeas, qui Pergama quique Epidaurum, qui quondam placida tectus sub pelle draconis Tarpeias arces atque inclita templa petisti depellens taetros praesenti numine morbos: huc ades et quicquid cupido mihi saepe locutus firmasti, cunctum t...
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/a-cyclops-in-love.mp3] Candidior folio nivei Galatea ligustri, floridior pratis, longa procerior alno, splendidior vitro, tenero lascivior haedo, levior adsiduo detritis aequore conchis, solibus hibernis, aestiva gratior umbra, mobilior damma, platano conspectior alta, lucidior glacie, matura dulcior uva, mollior et cycni plumis et lacte coacto, et, si non fugias, riguo formosior horto . . . Iam modo caeruleo nitidum caput exere ponto, iam, Galate...
Sociology: Study examines gender roles of children with gay parents Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz argue that children with lesbian and gay parents are more likely to depart from traditional gender roles. Children born to and raised by homosexuals tend to play, dress and behave differently than children reared in heterosexual households, a USC study on gay parenting has found. But, researchers said, many of the differences are those that any democratic society should welcome. In the paper,...
[audio:http://blog.dickinson.edu/images/HoraceOdes1.34.mp3] Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens, insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum uela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos: namque Diespiter igni corusco nubila diuidens plerumque, per purum tonantis egit equos uolucremque currum, quo bruta tellus et uaga flumina, quo Styx et inuisi horrida Taenari sedes Atlanteusque finis concutitur. Valet ima summis mutare et insignem attenuat deus, obscura promens; hinc apicem rapax ...
Sulpicia 4.11 Estne tibi, Cerinthe, tuae pia cura puellae, quod mea nunc vexat corpora fessa calor? A ego non aliter tristes evincere morbos optarim, quam te si quoque velle putem. At mihi quid prosit morbos evincere, si tu nostra potes lento pectore ferre mala? Subscribe with iTunes...
Aen.3.575-587 interdum scopulos auulsaque uiscera montis erigit eructans, liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo. fama est Enceladi semustum fulmine corpus urgeri mole hac, ingentemque insuper Aetnam impositam ruptis flammam exspirare caminis, et fessum quotiens mutet latus, intremere omnem murmure Trinacriam et caelum subtexere fumo. noctem illam tecti siluis immania monstra perferimus, nec quae sonitum det causa uidemus. nam neque erant astrorum ignes nec lucid...
