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Let There Be Light
Vulgate (Jerome), Genesis 1.1–5
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. Terra autem erat inanis et …
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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,
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Vulgate (Jerome), Genesis 1.1–5
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. Terra autem erat inanis et …
~1 min · 58 words
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The Wolf and the Lamb
Iambic senariusPhaedrus · Fabulae 1.1
Aesop’s grimmest fable. The strong always find an excuse.
Romulus Builds a City
Eutropius · Breviarium ab urbe condita 1.2
Rome’s founder gathers a people, a senate and stolen brides.
All Gaul
Julius Caesar · De Bello Gallico 1.1.1–4
Three peoples, one country, and the bravest tribe of all.
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Cornelius Nepos · Hannibal 2.3–5
A nine-year-old at the altar swears eternal hatred of Rome.
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Let the old men grumble. Count kisses until the count is lost.
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Cicero · In Catilinam I 1
The most famous opening salvo in Roman oratory.
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Bodies Changed
Dactylic hexameterOvid · Metamorphoses 1.1–9
A poem of transformations begins before the world itself.
Arms and the Man
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An exile, a furious goddess, and the founding of Rome.
Seize the Day
Greater AsclepiadHorace · Odes 1.11
Don’t ask the stars. Strain the wine. Pluck the day.
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Reclaim Your Time
Seneca · Epistulae Morales 1.1
Time is the one thing truly ours, and we let it slip.
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The Wolf and the Lamb
Iambic senariusPhaedrus · Fabulae 1.1
Aesop’s grimmest fable. The strong always find an excuse.
Romulus Builds a City
Eutropius · Breviarium ab urbe condita 1.2
Rome’s founder gathers a people, a senate and stolen brides.
All Gaul
Julius Caesar · De Bello Gallico 1.1.1–4
Three peoples, one country, and the bravest tribe of all.
4 passages
Hannibal’s Oath
Cornelius Nepos · Hannibal 2.3–5
A nine-year-old at the altar swears eternal hatred of Rome.
A Thousand Kisses
Phalaecean hendecasyllableCatullus · Carmina 5
Let the old men grumble. Count kisses until the count is lost.
How Long, Catiline?
Cicero · In Catilinam I 1
The most famous opening salvo in Roman oratory.
4 passages
Bodies Changed
Dactylic hexameterOvid · Metamorphoses 1.1–9
A poem of transformations begins before the world itself.
Arms and the Man
Dactylic hexameterVirgil · Aeneid 1.1–11
An exile, a furious goddess, and the founding of Rome.
Seize the Day
Greater AsclepiadHorace · Odes 1.11
Don’t ask the stars. Strain the wine. Pluck the day.
1 passage
Reclaim Your Time
Seneca · Epistulae Morales 1.1
Time is the one thing truly ours, and we let it slip.