Ecce hippodromos Constantinopolitus, quem Marcus et Lola hodie visunt. Lolae placet spectare equos qui circum spinam currunt. Multa et pulchra monumenta in spina hippodromi stant. Marco perplacet obeliscus Aegyptius quem imperator Theodosius olim hic stari iussit. Antiquus est!

Pictura mirabilis nuper in villa reperta est. Scisne quae sint duae personae depictae in pictura? Deus, qui lyram habet, Apollo est. Femina, quae tristis videtur, est Cassandra. Apollo Cassandrae donum crudele dedit. Iam Cassandra futura videre potest sed nemo ei loquenti credit.

Two more pages from A First Latin Reader by R. A. A. Beresford.

Fun Fact : I photographed these pages in the Forum of Theodosius, Istanbul. As you can see, my photography assistant was a great help.

Translations in comments.

Ecce! Marcus Lolaque iter iterum faciunt. In via laeti ambulant et muros alius urbis ante se surgentes spectant. Mox per portam urbis urbem intrabunt. ‘Haec urbs,’ Marcus Lolae dicit, ‘Byzantium olim vocabatur. Iam nomen ei est Constantinopolis. Multae feles laetae hic habitant’.

Apollo trying to seduce a very nonplussed Cassandra. Her expression of exasperation is everything. #Pompeii

Taeniolam Latinam de his imaginibus nuper repertis feci. I made a Latin video about these newly discovered images. It has English subtitles that are, as always, mislabeled as Latin.
youtu.be/rt_7nC5eC5Y?si…

Pictura mirabilis nuper in villa reperta est. Scisne quae sint duae personae depictae in pictura? Deus, qui lyram habet, Apollo est. Femina, quae tristis videtur, est Cassandra. Apollo Cassandrae donum crudele dedit. Iam Cassandra futura videre potest sed nemo ei loquenti credit.

I had a great time way down in Hadestown UK last night! 🌹 What an amazing production! Let me know if you’re going to see the show. You can find me exploring the myths behind the music in the programme, while you’re there 🎭

On this day - April 13 - Romans honoured Jupiter Libertas, that aspect of the god that protected freedom. Libertas was often worshiped as a deity in her own right, as the freedom of one individual not enslaved to another.

Lesson 73 (available now) introduces the remarkable pronoun ‘sē’ and shares some equally remarkable news about the preposition ‘in’. Find it here: legonium.com/learn-latin-he…