279-295: the Great Escape

Question 1

amens

Answer 1

Aeneas loses his rational faculties in response to the theophany

horrore overcomes mens

Question 2

obmutuit… arectae… haesit

Answer 2

tricolon vividly conveys shock

Question 3

fuga dulcisque

Answer 3

striking contrast between fuga and dulcis - clearly Aeneas has enjoyed himself - he is torn in two

Question 4

tanto monitu imperioque deorum

Answer 4

chiastic and climactic

Question 5

quo… adfatu

Answer 5

massive hyperbaton reflects his excruciating embarrassment towards abandoning

Question 6

furentem

Answer 6

he already knows the outcome of their encounter

Question 7

ambire

Answer 7

technical term for canvassing support before elections - needs to convince Dido

Question 8

nunc huc… dividit

Answer 8

nunc hunc splits noun from adjective; dividit splits both adverbs - this mimics frantic thoughts

Question 9

alternati

Answer 9

present participle, vivid: he oscillates between reasoning with her or dropping the bombshell once everything is prepared for departure

Question 10

aptent… cogant… parent

Answer 10

enumerate the practical things the men must get underway

Question 11

rebus… novandis

Answer 11

recalls phrase ‘res novae’ meaning ‘revolution’ - Dido’s world is about to be turned upside down as if in a revolution - emphasised by hyperbaton

Question 12

dissimulent

Answer 12

emphatic, enjambed, final position underlines the deceit it implies

Question 13

tantos… amores

Answer 13

hyperbaton emphasises the magnitude of the love but underscores that however great the love is, it is shattered by the words ‘rumpi non speret’ keeping ‘tantos’ and ‘amores’ apart

Question 14

sese…….. temptaturum [esse]

Answer 14

hyperbaton + ellisions underscores Aeneas’ sense of unease

Question 15

omnes laeti

Answer 15

conveys how uneasy the men were with Aeneas’ extended stay

Question 16

armari classem cursumque parari

Answer 16

mocking chiasmus with alliteration and homoiteleuton