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Crossing the Water with the Argonauts
"public sex is not disgraceful there"
Sep 24, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Men of Assisi
Propertius, Lionel Johnson, and St. Francis
Sep 9, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Labor Omnia Vincit
Virgil, Ovid, and the Pleasant Toil of Translation
Sep 1, 2025 • Christopher Childers
A Salvific Kettledrum
Catullus, Horace, and how a poem ought to move
Aug 28, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Birthdays, Roman and Otherwise
Genethliaca from Sulpicia and Rossetti
Aug 19, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Ask for Atrectus
For efficiency in advertising, turn to epigram
Aug 12, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Two Hymns to Apollo
Also, my book is out Tuesday in the US!
Aug 9, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Anacreon and Anacreontics
Wednesday, at Poems Ancient and Modern, Joseph Bottum posted an anacreontic drinking song by Abraham Cowley:
Aug 1, 2025 • Christopher Childers
Callida Iunctura
Callida Iunctura
Weekly translations of ancient poets and others. Occasional literary maunderings and willful acts of rhyme.
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