800 BCE – 500 CE
Ancient poetry from Homer to Virgil, the foundations of Western verse.
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence"
Love shook my heart like the wind on the mountain rushing over the oak trees
— Sappho
"Love shook my heart like the wind on the mountain rushing over the oak trees"
The blade itself incites to deeds of violence
— Homer
"The blade itself incites to deeds of violence"
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful
"What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful"
Fortune favors the bold
— Virgil
"Fortune favors the bold"
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are
— Ovid
"In our play we reveal what kind of people we are"
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love
"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love"
"Someone, I tell you, will remember us, even in another time"
They can because they think they can
"They can because they think they can"
"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart..."
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these
"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these"
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time…
"The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time is going by, and I ..."
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