Special module:
sulpicia
Rome's Most Famous Woman Poet
Watch this video to learn about Sulpicia, Rome's most famous woman poet, with Dr. Ellen Lee of the University of Pittsburgh.
About the scholar:
Dr. Ellen Lee is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Language Programs Coordinator in the Classics department at the University of Pittsburgh. After attending the University of Texas at Austin, where she discovered her love for the Latin language, she earned her PhD in Classical Studies at the University of Michigan in 2016 with a dissertation on Latin love poetry. Her teaching and research focus on cognitive studies and gender & sexuality within Latin literature and its receptions. Her pedagogical interests include equity pedagogy and digital pedagogies for language learning, and she’s particularly invested in advocacy for first generation college students.
Further Reading:
Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome, Bartolo Natoli, Angela Pitts, & Judith Hallett. Taylor and Francis, 2022. (Ebook in Pitt’s collection here)
Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: an Anthology of New Translations (2nd edition), eds. Diane J. Rayor & William W. Batstone. Routledge, 2019. (Ebook in Pitt’s collection here)
Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World, eds. Joyce E. Salisbury & Mary Lefkowitz. ABC-CLIO, 2001. (Ebook in Pitt’s collection here)
And, if you want to do more of a deep-dive:
Ian Fielding, “The authorship of Sulpicia,” in Constructing Authors and Readers in the Appendices Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ouidiana, eds. Tristan E. Franklinos & Laurel Fulkerson. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Laurel Fulkerson, A Literary Commentary on the Elegies of the 'Appendix Tibulliana'. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Latin Vocabulary:
Words in bold on DCC Latin Core Vocabulary List
Proper Names:
Sulpicia, Sulpiciae, f. - Sulpicia
Cērinthus, Cērinthī, m. - Cerinthus
Nouns:
puella, puellae, f. - girl (or, as often in elegy, girlfriend)
pudor, pudōris, m. - sense of shame, modesty, propriety
rūs, rūris, n. - the country, countryside
urbs, urbis, f. - city
Adjectives:
nātālis, nātāle (diēs, diēī) - natal, birth; birthday (sometimes used with diēs (‘day’), sometimes without)
dulcis, dulce - sweet, pleasant, agreeable
trīstis, trīste - sad, sorrowful, joyless, grim
Verbs:
sinō, sinere, sīvī, situm - allow, let go