Somnium Scipionis ("The Dream of Scipio") - Marcus Tullius Cicero [Pearman Translation]

Somnium Scipionis ("The Dream of Scipio"), a narrative making up nearly the whole of what survives of Book VI of De Re Publica (54-51 BCE) by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Recited from memory by Henry Silver
Translation by W. D. Pearman: www.tertullian...

[@ScreamingWall-vc5kp]

What an intriguing piece of art, ancient art. I didn't know how the ancients saw the world and some things shocked me to the bones. Don't pause. Imagine and feel those words till the end. Fantastic adventure!

[@aletheuo475]

Fascinating. I did not expect Cicero the practical to write with such depth and colour. Surely Dante got some of his material for the Paradiso from this?

[@johncracker5217]

Greetings fellow Earthbound! Interesting that Cicero got the idea of heavenly bodies being spherical correct.

[@paterfamiliasgeminusiv4623]

Curious

[@paterfamiliasgeminusiv4623]

@@HenryBSilver_EnriqueEPlata I just mean that it’s sort of odd. I understand where he’s coming from but still, to someone of our age it seems curious. It is both close and remote at the same time.

[@Shivaismysaviour]

So what, nothing you do matters
We all die,