Calling out to the dead (Catullus 101)

Catullus 101, read, translated, and discussed by Elizabeth Hess catullus101hess MVLTAS per gentes et multa per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias, ut te postremo donarem munere mortis et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem. quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum. heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi, nunc tamen interea haec, prisco quae more parentum […]

Dawn at Thebes (Seneca, Hercules Furens 125-201)

Juno has just finished her opening monologue in which she whips herself into a frenzy of rage at Hercules. As the chorus enters, they sing of the dawn, then deliver an encomium of the simple country life, away from the ambition, greed, and corruption of city life. (Seneca apparently knew little of country life, which […]

A. Kiosk: Welcome to the Dickinson College Farm

A. Kiosk Welcome to the Dickinson College Farm! This tour will guide you to key areas of the farm and provide helpful information about what you are seeing. The tour takes about an hour, if you are walking and following the tour at the farm, with each stop taking about …