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