Monthly Archives: March 2013

Hekaba 1187-1251

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Mark Mueller

Hekaba: Agamemnon, it is not ever customary among men for the tongue to have the better of matters: if one performs a good service, he must speak a good word, if base, however, the words must be unsound, and he … Continue reading →

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Hekaba 953-1186

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mark Mueller

Polymestor: Oh, Priamos, dearest of men, and you dearest Hekaba, I weep when I behold you and the city and she born of you, so recently dead. Alas; there is nothing trustworthy, not good repute nor again, that he acting … Continue reading →

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Annals of Tacitus Book III: I-XVIII

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mark Mueller

I. Agrippina, given no rest, was conveyed by a voyage of the winter sea to the island Corcyra, situated facing the shores of Calabria. There she took a few days to collect her spirit, violent in her grieving, knowing not … Continue reading →

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Annals of Tacitus Book II: LIII-LXI

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mark Mueller

LIII. The following year Tiberius held his third consulship, Germanicus his second. But Germanicus entered his office at the city of Nicopolis, of Achaia, to which he had come by way of the Illyrica coast, having seen his brother Drusus … Continue reading →

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Annals of Tacitus Book I: LV-LXIX

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mark Mueller

LV. In the consulships of Drusus Caesar and C. Norbanus for Germanicus, a triumph was decreed although the war continued; because although it was for summer, he was preparing with utmost might, at the beginning of spring he had anticipated … Continue reading →

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Eumenides 881-1047

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Mark Mueller

Athena: Indeed, I shall not grow weary of arguing the good to you, so you may never say that by me, the younger, and by city-dwelling mortals, an ancient god was banished to go to her doom. But if it … Continue reading →

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Hekaba 905-952

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Mark Mueller

Choros: And you, oh Ilios of my father, shall no longer be counted a city of the unravaged; a swarm of Hellenes of the sort around hide you with spear, indeed with spears they ravaged you. From the crown of … Continue reading →

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Annals of Tacitus Book I: XXXI-LIV

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Mark Mueller

XXXI. On nearly the same days, for the same reasons, the legions of Germanica were thrown into uproar, the greater their number, the greater their violence, and with great hope that Germanicus Caesar would not be able to suffer the … Continue reading →

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Annals of Tacitus Book I: IX-XV

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mark Mueller

IX. There followed much talk concerning Augustus himself, with many vacuously marvelling that on the same day both the title Prince of the imperium and also the last day of life had been received, and that in the house at … Continue reading →

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Eumenides 640-710 … 734-743 … 752-753

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Mark Mueller

Chorus: By your argument, Zeus honours the doom of the father; but he himself fettered his elder father, Cronus. How is what you say not contrary to that? I call you as witnesses to hear this. Apollo: Oh you all-hateful … Continue reading →

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