S13E2: "To Pompeius" Ode 2.7 by Horace, trans. by John Davidson
The Well Read Poem · Thomas Banks
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Show Notes
For the thirteenth season of the Well Read Poem, we are reading six poems about war. War is, of course, one of the oldest subjects that has inspired the imagination of poets. The first of our great epics has at its center the war of the Greeks against the Trojans and the deadly hatreds it inspires. In times neare to our own, poets have written about war both with enthusiasm and delight, as well as skepticism and horror at its brutalities. The poems we will share this season cover the span of many centuries.
Today's poem is "To Pompeius" Ode 2,7 by Horace, translated by John Davidson. Poem begins at timestamp 12:55.