Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro, a short reading

[prayforworldpeace]

Latin ...The dead Language for a reason.

[stefellie]

please finish it! :D thatd be ace! you make the book bearable, which is amazing! woop :)

[HermioneTPR]

I would love to hear a full recording if you can. This was really helpful for my classical mythology class

[davidjohnsimpson]

read it all-you have a good voice

[whatevergkl]

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris

Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit

litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto

vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;

multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,

inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,

Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.

etc etc etc

[Malachayas]

Uhm... nice to see (and hear) that there are still people interested in Roman literatur, but tell me:

Why did you not read in hexameters? Do you have a prose translation?

[Malachayas]

correction: 'literaturE'

[tanit]

This is the Robert Fagles translation - its translated to be more of a story than technical Latin poetry. Honestly, as a native English speaker, I don't find the hexameter to be compelling - and the English translations into hexameter are laughable and unbearable. It sounds like a silly rhyming poem for children rather than an epic tale of duty and service. Not to mention, the English word equivalents simply don't rhyme, so you're taking license anyway. I prefer the Fagles translation.

[petuniamighty]

@tanit thank you ,my son who is 12 has to read this ,as part of ''summer reading'' anything helps to understand it !! thank you !!

[325982668]

it should be read in Latin, if you can understand it, the structure that Virgil builds in is very powerful, like for example, when Aeneas and Dido are in the cave, Virgil literally writes the cave around them, giving the feeling that they are safe and close together. it's a spectacular read either way, but it's meant to be read and visualised in Latin

[tanit]

Very much so - but my latin is not good enough to enjoy it in this fashion. Also, such a video would be near-worthless for YouTube.

[satsuki26]

You're a great reader, very good indeed =)

[TheCanadianPrairies]

The Aeneid = An awesome piece of literature. It's as awesome as the Homeric epics that it is based on. :)

[BroCaban]

Wow...that was an excellent reading Tanit. You have a good voice for such things.

[mrbriangriffith]

Awesome. I sent the link to to several of my teacher associates as a resource for teaching Hellenism. Thanks.

[tanit]

If there is a demand for a full recording, let me know - I am willing to finish it.

[NC94941]

Postolo!

[TheCanadianPrairies]

I would desire a full recording, Tanit, of one of my favorite pieces of poetry.