Literature Resources

Please note the resources listed below are grouped by author and not by topic.

General

A BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episode on Roman satire: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s0gwd  

A useful summary of Roman satire and satirists: http://www.classicalresourcecentre.com/articles/Thomas.htm   

Horace

Poetry in Translation of Satire 2.2: http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/HoraceSatiresBkIISatII.htm 

Poetry in Translation of Satire 2.6: http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/HoraceSatiresBkIISatVI.htm 

Poetry in Translation of Satire 2.8: http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/HoraceSatiresBkIISatVIII.htm 

A detailed biography of Horace by the Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/horace 

A site dedicated to Horace’s Sabine Farm: http://www.frischerconsulting.com/bf3e/horaces-villa/  

A two part documentary about the Sabine Farm: https://vimeo.com/9403778  

A BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episode on Horace: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00014jt 

Juvenal

Poetry in Translation of Satire 3: http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/JuvenalSatires3.htm 

A useful short commentary on Satire 3: http://www.classicalresourcecentre.com/articles/juv3.htm 

A BBC Radio 4 analysis of the life and influence of Juvenal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5jtk   

Petronius

A useful summary of Trimalchio’s dinner party: https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/picador/a-curious-invitation-trimalchio-s-dinner-party  

Pliny

A detailed biography of Pliny: http://www.livius.org/articles/person/pliny-the-younger/ 

A site with translations of many letters of Pliny: http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/pliny-letters.asp 

A BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episode on Pliny the Younger: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kv0cl