{"id":11209,"date":"2019-11-17T15:37:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/?p=11209"},"modified":"2020-05-03T13:21:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T17:21:17","slug":"j-k-rowling-and-peter-needham-distribuens-petasus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/2019\/11\/17\/j-k-rowling-and-peter-needham-distribuens-petasus\/","title":{"rendered":"J.K. Rowling and Peter Needham: Distribuens Petasus"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11209-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>J.K. Rowling&#8217;s <em class=\"ho\"><em>Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone <\/em><\/em>(1997) has a delightful Latin version, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Harrius-Potter-Philosophi-Lapis-Philosophers\/dp\/1582348251\"><em class=\"ho\">Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis <\/em><\/a>(2003), by Peter Needham. Needham taught Classics at Eton for over thirty years and also translated <em>A Bear Called Paddington<\/em> into Latin. In this edition of Latin Poetry Podcast we check out his elegant version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Jk-rowling-sorting-hats-song-1-annotated\">Sorting Hat Song<\/a>. The meter is the <a href=\"http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/ovid-amores\/scansion#Couplet\">elegiac couplet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11211\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/harry-potter-sorting-hat-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Hat on stool in large hall\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/harry-potter-sorting-hat-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/harry-potter-sorting-hat.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>discipuli, pulchrum si me non esse putatis,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">externa specie plus valet ingenium.<\/p>\n<p>nam petasus nusquam toto si quaeritis orbe<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">me melior vobis inveniendus erit.<\/p>\n<p>lautitias odi: nolo tegmenta rotunda,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">neve cylindratos tradite mi petasos.<\/p>\n<p>Distribuens Petasus vobis Hogvartius adsum<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">cui petasos alias exsuperare datur.<\/p>\n<p>Distribuens Petasus scrutatur pectora vestra,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">quodque videre nequit nil latet in capite.<\/p>\n<p>in caput impositus vobis ostendere possum<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">quae sit, vaticanans, optima cuique domus.<\/p>\n<p>vos forsan iuvenes Gryffindor habebit alumnos;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">hanc semper fortes incoluere domum.<\/p>\n<p>gens hominum generosa illa est fortisque feroxque;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">illi nulla potest aequiperare domus.<\/p>\n<p>gentibus a iustis et fidis Huffle tenetur<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Puff. adversa tamen scit domus illa pati.<\/p>\n<p>hic homines animisque piis verique tenaces<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">invenietis. erit vestra secunda domus.<\/p>\n<p>tertia restat adhuc Ravenclaw nomine dicta;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">est vetus et sapiens ingeniisque favet.<\/p>\n<p>sunt lepus hic hominum cultorum artesque Minervae;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">discipulos similes hic habitare decet.<\/p>\n<p>forsitan in Slytherin veri invenientur amici;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">improbus es? fallax? haec erit apta domus.<\/p>\n<p>ut rata vota habeant scelus omne patrandum est<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">gentibus his; quaerunt nil nisi lucra sua.<\/p>\n<p>verticibus iubeo me vos imponere nec non<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">pectoribus firmis rem tolerare velim!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;incolumes eritis petasi tutamine,&#8217; dicunt,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8216;cum careat manibus, cogitat ille tamen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And here is the J.K. Rowling original (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mugglenet.com\/harry-potter\/little-things-harry-potter\/sorting-hat-songs\/\">Mugglenet<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oh, you may not think I\u2019m pretty,<br \/>\nBut don\u2019t judge on what you see,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll eat myself if you can find<br \/>\nA smarter hat than me.<br \/>\nYou can keep your bowlers black,<br \/>\nYour top hats sleek and tall,<br \/>\nFor I\u2019m the Hogwarts Sorting Hat<br \/>\nAnd I can cap them all.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s nothing hidden in your head<br \/>\nThe Sorting Hat can\u2019t see,<br \/>\nSo try me on and I will tell you<br \/>\nWhere you ought to be.<br \/>\nYou might belong in Gryffindor,<br \/>\nWhere dwell the brave at heart,<br \/>\nTheir daring, nerve and chivalry<br \/>\nSet Gryffindors apart;<br \/>\nYou might belong in Hufflepuff,<br \/>\nWhere they are just and loyal,<br \/>\nThose patient Hufflepuffs are true<br \/>\nAnd unafraid of toil;<br \/>\nOr yet in wise old Ravenclaw,<br \/>\nIf you\u2019ve a ready mind,<br \/>\nWhere those of wit and learning,<br \/>\nWill always find their kind;<br \/>\nOr perhaps in Slytherin<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll make your real friends,<br \/>\nThose cunning folk use any means<br \/>\nTo achieve their ends.<br \/>\nSo put me on! Don\u2019t be afraid!<br \/>\nAnd don\u2019t get in a flap!<br \/>\nYou\u2019re in safe hands (though I have none)<br \/>\nFor I\u2019m a Thinking Cap!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For an appreciation of Harrius Potter and how it can bring more Latin into your life, see Justin Slocum Bailey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/eidolon.pub\/how-harrius-potter-helped-me-read-more-latin-8cc5ee4d4748\">article<\/a> from <em>Eidolon<\/em> 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7971\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7971','http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=11209-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/files\/2019\/11\/Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Needham_Distribuens-Petasus.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/icon.dickinson.edu\/podcast\/latinpoetry.rss?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.K. Rowling&#8217;s Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone (1997) has a delightful Latin version, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (2003), by Peter Needham. Needham taught Classics at Eton for over thirty years and also translated A Bear Called Paddington into Latin. In this edition of Latin Poetry Podcast we check out his elegant version of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725],"tags":[234845,234844],"class_list":["post-11209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latin-poetry-podcast","tag-j-k-rowling","tag-peter-needham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}