Vergil's First Eclogue - with Cowboys!

Here you can discuss all things Latin. Use this board to ask questions about grammar, discuss learning strategies, get help with a difficult passage of Latin, and more.
Post Reply
User avatar
Lucus Eques
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 2037
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:52 pm
Location: Pennsylvania
Contact:

Vergil's First Eclogue - with Cowboys!

Post by Lucus Eques »

Cari amici, enamored with my new home's desert landscape, I couldn't help put an American Western twist on one of my favorite pieces of Latin literature, the First Eclogue by Vergil, in this recitation of it I did recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMEB_5TC-s&t=2s

A couple fun quiz questions for you:
1. There is a reference to a lightning strike — can you find the real one in the scenery?
2. I hoped the song I chose would be appropriate for two reasons; guess what they are! :D
L. Amādeus Rāniērius · Λ. Θεόφιλος Ῥᾱνιήριος 🦂

SCORPIO·MARTIANVS

RandyGibbons
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 465
Joined: Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:10 pm

Re: Vergil's First Eclogue - with Cowboys!

Post by RandyGibbons »

Brilliant! (And I love Tucson.)

But, alas, I am striking out on both quiz questions. (I'm afraid I don't recognize the song you're playing so nicely on your western-style tenui avena.)

Any more hints you could afford us? Please let me know, but for now I have to skedaddle.

Randy Gibbons

Post Reply