Haverford Digital Commentary Library
An Aggregator of Open-Access Classical Commentaries
This intermediate-to-advanced level commentary contains select epigrams for Martial, Book 10. In the Spring of 2019, Prof. Christopher Trinacty taught a course on Horace’s Epistles with the goal of producing… Continue reading "Horace, Epistles 1 (Selections)"
This edition of Iliad Books 6 and 22 is intended for readers of ancient Greek. It includes a Greek text, grammatical and lexical notes, running vocabulary lists, and interpretive close reading… Continue reading "Homer, Iliad 6 & 22"
This intermediate-to-advanced level commentary contains select epigrams for Martial, Book 10. It was created by Bryn Mawr and Haverford students in The (Mostly) Latin Epigram seminar (spring 2017). A full vocabulary for all of… Continue reading "Martial 10 (selections)"
This intermediate-level commentary contains the Latin text of James Logan’s poem “On the Death of His Infant Daughter, Rachel”, as well as a brief introductory essay, notes, and vocabulary. It… Continue reading "James Logan, On the Death of His Infant Daughter"
This is an intermediate-level commentary containing Latin text, notes, and vocabulary for the eulogy of John Andrews written by James Ross in 1813. It was created by students in the… Continue reading "In Memory of John Andrews by James Ross"
These commentaries contain a Latin text, introductory essay, notes, and vocabulary for two poems by John Parke: “On Colonel John Haselet, Who Fell at Princeton” and “Praise of Horace”. It was… Continue reading "Two Poems by John Parke"
This commentary contains a Latin text, introductory essay, notes, and vocabulary for James Ross’ “Three Poets in Three Ages, Interpretatio Latina.” It was created by S. Chu in Haverford’s Postclassical Latin… Continue reading "James Ross’ “Three Poets in Three Ages, Interpretatio Latina”"
These intermediate-level commentaries contains a Latin text, notes and vocabulary for two poems by Philadelphia-area poet John Carey: “I have found out a gift for my fair…” and “On the Fifteen… Continue reading "Two Latin Poems by John Carey"
This intermediate-level Latin commentary contains the Latin text of two sections of Thomas Makin’s poem (1-28 and 211–236) , English notes and a non-core vocabulary list, along with an introductory essays placing… Continue reading "Thomas Makin, Descriptio Pennsylvaniae"
View Commentaries an open network for the crowd-sourcing of ancient text commentaries. This β version web application enables users to ‘crowd-source’ commentaries on ancient texts. You can construct your own… Continue reading "De Commentariis"