1. ItalianPoetry Feb 14, 2025 parent

   I don't know about Ancient Romans, but I do know a few Italian men with numbered names. In particular a Decimo (tenth), who was indeed the tenth (and I wouldn't swear the last).

   They are all, unsurprisingly, old :)

2. 2 points Jan 11, 2025

   Dedications

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3. 1 point Oct 12, 2024

   Ask HN: TikTok, the Good Parts?

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4. ItalianPoetry Oct 17, 2023 parent

   Should be better now :)
5. ItalianPoetry Oct 17, 2023 parent

   I hope the player is not better on Safari!
6. ItalianPoetry Oct 16, 2023 parent

   Thank you!

   It's all in the initial HTML payload. Each word in Italian, its translation in English, and the corresponding sidenote, if any, all have a common `data-id`. When the mouse hovers on a word, the corresponding note gets a `.visible` class via JS.

7. ItalianPoetry Oct 16, 2023 parent

   Never mind, it was La sera del dì di festa. But here it is :)

   https://italianpoetry.it/poems/la-sera-del-d%C3%AC-di-festa/

8. ItalianPoetry Oct 16, 2023 parent

   Greek is sadly out of my reach, but I'm very curious about this Discord you mentioned.

   Could you, here or by email, point it out to me? After this website has "settled" a bit, it might be fun to look into that Latin :)

9. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

   > I would add the year of composition in the list: 'Oct 10, Tacciono i boschi e i fiumi (1591), by Torquato Tasso'

   There's a list-by-composition date page, but indeed, that makes a lot of sense. Will add!

   > How will we submit requests?

   Awwww please do :)

   I assumed an email would be best (see Contact link in the footer), but maybe something more social? I made accounts for mastodon [1], twitter (@italian_poetry) and reddit [2] (plus BuyMeACoffee [3], for the most adventurous ^_^), which I should put somewhere on the website.

   What do you think would be best? When trying to put this website out there I had to realize the hard way that I suck at social media...

   [1] https://zirk.us/@italianpoetry

   [2] https://old.reddit.com/user/italianpoetry/

   [3] https://www.buymeacoffee.com/italianpoetry

10. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Thanks!

    I should have tested it on Apple stuff :/ Thanks for reporting, I'll check it out

11. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    > still around in English but archaic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peradventure

    Wow I didn't know that. Totally worth an update :)

12. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Thanks!

    Yes, I was thinking of cleaning up the repo and make it public in a while, though honestly it's not too pretty ^^

    And yes, Leopardi is coming: I have Il Sabato del villaggio almost ready to go :)

13. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    I'll admit it's not an obvious choice at all, but it's documented in the Guide ;)

    Your idea is worth considering, but since it's at a lower granularity, I'll try and see if I there's a better way to trigger the word-level feature.

14. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    It should already be implemented: middle button click.

    Let me know if it doesn't work!

15. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Eventually, yes, it's a must :)

    The question is, which pieces. The whole thing is impossibly too long.

    So far I have one request for the Paolo and Francesca episode. Feel free to suggest other parts!

16. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Thanks!

    Make sense, I'll look into that.

17. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Sure!

    https://italianpoetry.it/podcast/index.xml

    It should also be available on fydd[1], Google podcast[2], Amazon[3] and Spotify.

    I don't have an Apple device, and I'm having trouble activating my Apple account, but I hope to put it on iTunes soon too.

    [1] https://fyyd.de/podcast/italian-poetry/0

    [2] https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9pdGFsaWFucG9ldHJ...

    [3] https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0f2c452e-f4fe-4e64-bbe4-e9...

18. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    I was actually thinking of doing the same for Latin...

    Now the infrastructure is built, so the effort should be much smaller (but I'd need of course much more support from an expert ^^ ).

    Do you think it might have an audience?

19. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Thank for the suggestions!

    My voice is terrible, so I'll definitely follow your latter point.

    I hadn't even thought about playback speed, especially since those are all pretty quick, but I'll think about it for sure.

20. ItalianPoetry Oct 15, 2023 parent

    Thanks!

    I'd say a mix of

    1. What I like,

    2. Lesser-known stuff, not just the usual classics

    3. A wider range of topics besides the usual love stuff, including the occasional obscenities

    4. Sampling across the centuries

    5. Try to showcase female authors, which you rarely study at school, but I was happy to find there's plenty of to choose from, and not only in modern times

    I plan to add one per week, and requests are welcome

    (edit, formatting)

21. 187 points Oct 15, 2023

    Show HN: "Interactive" Italian Poetry for English Speakers

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