Certamen Week 1 Winner + New Prompt
Winner
Adam Cooper
Last week’s prompt was to flip the following line from Homer’s Iliad into Dactylic Latin verse:
Ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τέλος πολέμου, ἐπέων δ᾿ ἐνὶ βουλῇ
Congratulations to Mr. Adam Cooper who submitted a charmingly succinct poem:
Consilium dictis sed bellum penditur armis.
Cooper’s rendition stands out as being as succinct and epigrammatic as the original Greek, and his use of the verb ‘pendere’ is apt, provoking a clear image of scales weighing out the two ideas: ‘consilium’ and ‘bellum’. Very well done.
New Prompt
Translate the following from Hard Times into Latin Prose:
From the outside of his home he gloomily passed to the inside, with suspended breath and with a slow footstep. He went up to his door, opened it, and so into the room. – Hard Times Chapter XIII
Submissions will be judged primarily on their Latinity and, of course, their ability to transmit the sense of the English.
Translations are due by Tuesday night April 4th at 11:59PM central to certamen@thelatinteacher.com. The next prompt will be announced the next day along with the winners. Best of luck.
– Rogerius