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Exam 01 Flashcards

1
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Ecphrasis

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An extended description of a work of art, building, or nature.

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An extended description of a work of art, building, or nature.

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Ecphrasis

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3
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Polysyndeton

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An over abundance of conjunctions.

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4
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An over abundance of conjunctions.

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Polysyndeton

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5
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Synchesis

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An arrangement of interlocking word order: ABAB.

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An arrangement of interlocking word order: ABAB.

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Synchesis

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7
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Personification

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The attribution of the people-like characteristics to a non-human object.

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8
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The attribution of the people-like characteristics to a non-human object.

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Personification

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9
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Neptune

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God of the sea, brother of Jupiter, sister of Juno

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God of the sea, brother of Jupiter, sister of Juno

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Neptune

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11
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Pyrrhus

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Son of Achilles

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12
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Son of Achilles

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Pyrrhus

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13
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Laocoon

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Trojan Priest who tried to warn the Trojans

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14
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Trojan Priest who tried to warn the Trojans

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Laocoon

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15
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Anna

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Dido’s sister

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16
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Dido’s sister

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Anna

17
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What major time period of Rome did Vergil live?

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Civil Wars/Late Republic/Early Empire

18
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What was Vergil’s complete name?

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Publius Vergilius Maro

19
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What were Vergil’s birth and death dates?

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70-19 BC

20
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Where was Vergil born?

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Mantua, Italy

21
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How many books are in the Aeneid?

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Twelve

22
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In what book does DIdo first appear?

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One

23
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What book does Aeneas travel to the underworld?

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Six

24
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Who dies in Book 3?

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Anchises

25
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arvum, arvi, n

A

plowed land, field, region

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