Pegasus flies over the beginning of Tibullus' opening poem of Book 1:
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pegasus flies over the beginning of Tibullus' opening poem of Book 1:
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
Tibullus at Delia's House, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
July 28, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Tibullus at Delia's House, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
New poems of mine in PN (Poetry Nation) Review today. I've been working on a project that retells the first book of the funny but melancholy Tibullus, the 1st Century BC Roman poet (between Catullus and the youngster Ovid timeline-wise). Here's a teaser. www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/list...
PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Listening Door: Tibullus Retold - Richard Price - PN Review 291
One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
www.pnreview.co.uk
September 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
New poems of mine in PN (Poetry Nation) Review today. I've been working on a project that retells the first book of the funny but melancholy Tibullus, the 1st Century BC Roman poet (between Catullus and the youngster Ovid timeline-wise). Here's a teaser. www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/list...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 18 April #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
#LatinForTheDay – 18 April #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
April 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 18 April #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
#LatinForTheDay – 18 April #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
Pegasus flies over the beginning of Tibullus' opening poem of Book 1:
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
September 3, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Pegasus flies over the beginning of Tibullus' opening poem of Book 1:
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
"Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro"
BL Harley 4059; Tibullus, Works; c. 1485-1495; Italy, N. E. (Padua); f.1r
“What insanity is it to hurry dark death along with wars?
It is already imminent, coming secretly with a quiet foot.”
Quis furor est atram bellis accersere mortem?
Inminet et tacito clam venit illa pede. #Tibullus
It is already imminent, coming secretly with a quiet foot.”
Quis furor est atram bellis accersere mortem?
Inminet et tacito clam venit illa pede. #Tibullus
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
“What insanity is it to hurry dark death along with wars?
It is already imminent, coming secretly with a quiet foot.”
Quis furor est atram bellis accersere mortem?
Inminet et tacito clam venit illa pede. #Tibullus
It is already imminent, coming secretly with a quiet foot.”
Quis furor est atram bellis accersere mortem?
Inminet et tacito clam venit illa pede. #Tibullus
On Saturday I decided to memorize all of Tibullus 1.1. I’m officially halfway there.
December 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
On Saturday I decided to memorize all of Tibullus 1.1. I’m officially halfway there.
ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺
#LatinForTheDay – 6 June #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
#LatinForTheDay – 6 June #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
June 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺
#LatinForTheDay – 6 June #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
#LatinForTheDay – 6 June #Tibullus
“adde merum vinoque novos compesce dolores,
occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor;
neu quisquam multo percussum tempora baccho
excitet, infelix dum requiescit amor.
nam posita est nostrae custodia saeva puellae,...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid
“Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem,
et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas,
flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos!
a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!—
ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...
#LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid
“Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem,
et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas,
flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos!
a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!—
ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid
“Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem,
et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas,
flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos!
a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!—
ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...
#LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid
“Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem,
et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas,
flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos!
a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!—
ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 18 July #Tibullus
“Pieridas, pueri, doctos et amate poetas,
aurea nec superent munera Pieridas.
carmine purpurea est Nisi coma; carmina ni sint,
ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur.
quem referent Musae, vivet, dum robora tellus,...
#LatinForTheDay – 18 July #Tibullus
“Pieridas, pueri, doctos et amate poetas,
aurea nec superent munera Pieridas.
carmine purpurea est Nisi coma; carmina ni sint,
ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur.
quem referent Musae, vivet, dum robora tellus,...
July 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 18 July #Tibullus
“Pieridas, pueri, doctos et amate poetas,
aurea nec superent munera Pieridas.
carmine purpurea est Nisi coma; carmina ni sint,
ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur.
quem referent Musae, vivet, dum robora tellus,...
#LatinForTheDay – 18 July #Tibullus
“Pieridas, pueri, doctos et amate poetas,
aurea nec superent munera Pieridas.
carmine purpurea est Nisi coma; carmina ni sint,
ex umero Pelopis non nituisset ebur.
quem referent Musae, vivet, dum robora tellus,...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 6 March #Tibullus
“semper ut inducar blandos offers mihi vultus,
post tamen es misero tristis et asper, Amor.
quid tibi, saeve, rei mecum est? an gloria magna est
insidias homini composuisse deum?
nam mihi tenduntur casses; iam Delia furtim...
#LatinForTheDay – 6 March #Tibullus
“semper ut inducar blandos offers mihi vultus,
post tamen es misero tristis et asper, Amor.
quid tibi, saeve, rei mecum est? an gloria magna est
insidias homini composuisse deum?
nam mihi tenduntur casses; iam Delia furtim...
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 6 March #Tibullus
“semper ut inducar blandos offers mihi vultus,
post tamen es misero tristis et asper, Amor.
quid tibi, saeve, rei mecum est? an gloria magna est
insidias homini composuisse deum?
nam mihi tenduntur casses; iam Delia furtim...
#LatinForTheDay – 6 March #Tibullus
“semper ut inducar blandos offers mihi vultus,
post tamen es misero tristis et asper, Amor.
quid tibi, saeve, rei mecum est? an gloria magna est
insidias homini composuisse deum?
nam mihi tenduntur casses; iam Delia furtim...
Me: I'm an Augustan scholar, I look at all the poets
My CV: Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Horace, Ovid, Ovid, Vergil, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Grattius, Ovid, Ovid...
Tibullus and Propertius, in the afterlife: What about us???
My CV: Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Horace, Ovid, Ovid, Vergil, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Grattius, Ovid, Ovid...
Tibullus and Propertius, in the afterlife: What about us???
February 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Me: I'm an Augustan scholar, I look at all the poets
My CV: Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Horace, Ovid, Ovid, Vergil, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Grattius, Ovid, Ovid...
Tibullus and Propertius, in the afterlife: What about us???
My CV: Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Horace, Ovid, Ovid, Vergil, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Ovid, Grattius, Ovid, Ovid...
Tibullus and Propertius, in the afterlife: What about us???
ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺
#LatinForTheDay – 7 January #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
#LatinForTheDay – 7 January #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺
#LatinForTheDay – 7 January #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
#LatinForTheDay – 7 January #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
My next Loeb is that perennial Classicist favorite: Catullus. He loved a married woman deeply, wrote super naughtily about it in the highest Latin, and died tragically young.
February 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My next Loeb is that perennial Classicist favorite: Catullus. He loved a married woman deeply, wrote super naughtily about it in the highest Latin, and died tragically young.
But now I’m being dragged away to war,
Where some hostile trooper is now carrying
A spear he may well stick into my side.
[It took me 20 lines to translate Tibullus' 14, but that's Latin for you. Efficient bastards, those Romans.]
Where some hostile trooper is now carrying
A spear he may well stick into my side.
[It took me 20 lines to translate Tibullus' 14, but that's Latin for you. Efficient bastards, those Romans.]
December 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
But now I’m being dragged away to war,
Where some hostile trooper is now carrying
A spear he may well stick into my side.
[It took me 20 lines to translate Tibullus' 14, but that's Latin for you. Efficient bastards, those Romans.]
Where some hostile trooper is now carrying
A spear he may well stick into my side.
[It took me 20 lines to translate Tibullus' 14, but that's Latin for you. Efficient bastards, those Romans.]
Finished Catullus & on to Tibullus. He is Sam Gamgee-coded & I love it.
"I ask not for the riches of my sires or the gains which garnered harvests brought to my ancestors of yore. A small field's produce is enough--enough if I may sleep upon my bed and the mattress ease my limbs as heretofore."
"I ask not for the riches of my sires or the gains which garnered harvests brought to my ancestors of yore. A small field's produce is enough--enough if I may sleep upon my bed and the mattress ease my limbs as heretofore."
February 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Finished Catullus & on to Tibullus. He is Sam Gamgee-coded & I love it.
"I ask not for the riches of my sires or the gains which garnered harvests brought to my ancestors of yore. A small field's produce is enough--enough if I may sleep upon my bed and the mattress ease my limbs as heretofore."
"I ask not for the riches of my sires or the gains which garnered harvests brought to my ancestors of yore. A small field's produce is enough--enough if I may sleep upon my bed and the mattress ease my limbs as heretofore."
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 9 June #Tibullus
“te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora;
te teneam moriens deficiente manu.
flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,
tristibus et lacrimis oscula mixta dabis.
flebis: non tua sunt duro praecordia ferro...
#LatinForTheDay – 9 June #Tibullus
“te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora;
te teneam moriens deficiente manu.
flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,
tristibus et lacrimis oscula mixta dabis.
flebis: non tua sunt duro praecordia ferro...
June 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 9 June #Tibullus
“te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora;
te teneam moriens deficiente manu.
flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,
tristibus et lacrimis oscula mixta dabis.
flebis: non tua sunt duro praecordia ferro...
#LatinForTheDay – 9 June #Tibullus
“te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora;
te teneam moriens deficiente manu.
flebis et arsuro positum me, Delia, lecto,
tristibus et lacrimis oscula mixta dabis.
flebis: non tua sunt duro praecordia ferro...
Tibullus nor read nor celebrated enough.
Wonderful poet, too neglected.
Wonderful poet, too neglected.
June 24, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Tibullus nor read nor celebrated enough.
Wonderful poet, too neglected.
Wonderful poet, too neglected.
ClassicsBluesky 🏺 🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 19 November #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
#LatinForTheDay – 19 November #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
November 19, 2024 at 4:14 PM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺 🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 19 November #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
#LatinForTheDay – 19 November #Tibullus
“hic mihi servitium video dominamque paratam:
iam mihi, libertas illa paterna, vale.
servitium sed triste datur, teneorque catenis,
et numquam misero vincla remittit Amor,
et seu quid merui seu nil peccavimus, urit....
The Image at the head of this thread is 'Tibullus in the House of Delia' by Charles Haslewood Shannon, ca. 1900-1905 (Nottingham Castle: NCM 1945-1).
Link - artuk.org/discover/art...
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
Link - artuk.org/discover/art...
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
Tibullus in the House of Delia | Art UK
Tibullus in the House of Delia by Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937), 1900–1905, from Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
artuk.org
September 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Image at the head of this thread is 'Tibullus in the House of Delia' by Charles Haslewood Shannon, ca. 1900-1905 (Nottingham Castle: NCM 1945-1).
Link - artuk.org/discover/art...
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
Link - artuk.org/discover/art...
#LatinForTheDay #Ovid 🧵🏺
This is a great time to break out my only Corpus Tibullianum meme
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is a great time to break out my only Corpus Tibullianum meme
“What insanity is it to hurry dark death along with wars?
It is already imminent, coming secretly with a quiet foot.”
Quis furor est atram bellis accersere mortem?
Inminet et tacito clam venit illa pede. #Tibullus
January 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“What insanity is it to hurry dark death along with wars?
It is already imminent, coming secretly with a quiet foot.”
Quis furor est atram bellis accersere mortem?
Inminet et tacito clam venit illa pede. #Tibullus
Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius
May 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius
"...naufraga quam vasti tunderet unda maris!
nunc et amara dies et noctis amarior umbra est;
omnia nunc tristi tempora felle madent.”
Tibullus, Elegies 2.4.1-12
nunc et amara dies et noctis amarior umbra est;
omnia nunc tristi tempora felle madent.”
Tibullus, Elegies 2.4.1-12
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"...naufraga quam vasti tunderet unda maris!
nunc et amara dies et noctis amarior umbra est;
omnia nunc tristi tempora felle madent.”
Tibullus, Elegies 2.4.1-12
nunc et amara dies et noctis amarior umbra est;
omnia nunc tristi tempora felle madent.”
Tibullus, Elegies 2.4.1-12