219-237: Jupiter's wake-up call

Question 1

Omnipotens

Answer 1

harks back to Iarbas’ speech: probably affirmative - Jupiter is aware of Aeneas and Juno’s affair but only cares when its implications for the fate of Rome become apparent, rather than because of Iarbas’ bruised ego

Question 2

regia

Answer 2

emphatically enjambed: respects Dido’s royal-imperial ambitiom, unlike Iarbas

Question 3

oblitos famae melioris amantis

Answer 3

chiasmus reflects the unintended intertwining of Dido’s and Aeneas’ fates, placing the main casualty in the middle - their reputations

famae melioris is respectful of their stature, unlike Iarbas, implying that any action Jupiter takes is not for the sake of Iarbas’ grievances

Question 4

vade age… voca… labere

Answer 4

imperatives: mighty Jupiter taking charge

Question 5

Dardaniumque ducem, Tyria Karthagine

Answer 5

asyndetic juxtaposition poses the question: what is a Trojan leader doing in Tyrian Carthage

Question 6

fatisque datas… urbes

Answer 6

J’s true concern, not Iarbas’ petty complaints

Question 7

adloquere

Answer 7

polyptoton enforces chain of command J>M>A

Question 8

defer mea dicta

Answer 8

placed between ‘celeris’ and ‘per auras’, textually enacting the words passing through the breezes

Question 9

non… talem

Answer 9

hyperbaton underscores the percieved difference between Venus’ promise, an heroic founder of Rome, and the current reality - a slothful womaniser forgetful of his destiny

Question 10

idea vindicat

Answer 10

J questions Venus’ decision to save Aeneas twice on the battlefield of Troy, given the poor return on her investment

Question 11

gravidam imperiis belloque frementem

Answer 11

chiasmus envelopes most of Rome’s glorious military history to come

Question 12

Italiam regeret

Answer 12

enjambed: emphasises A’s purpose

Question 13

totum… orbem

Answer 13

hyperbaton emphasises the hyperbole - J greatly over glorifies Rome’s future power

Question 14

Ascanione pater Romanas invidet arces?

Answer 14

pater… videt textually breaks up ‘Ascanione’ ‘Romanas’ ‘arces’ - J spitefully suggests A is breaking up this fated unity

Question 15

quid struit

Answer 15

snappy rhetorical question

Question 16

inimica in gente

Answer 16

foreshadows the enmity between Carthage and Rome, thus stressing the pointlessness of Aeneas’ fooling around with Dido

Question 17

nec prolem Ausoniam et Lavinia respicit arva

Answer 17

chiasmus: foregrounds Aeneas’ final destination

Ausonia has been referenced throughout the proem, Lavinia is the town Aeneas is destined to found, therefore this line spans the entire epic and beyonf

Question 18

naviget!

Answer 18

the chief point in J’s speech, highlighted by its position in the line

Question 19

hic nostri nuntius esto

Answer 19

harsh t-alliteration