Latin B+Ph

Question 1

Extract 6 summary

Answer 1

• Heaven dwelleres reached a little home, and lowered heads as tehy entered low doorway
  -Old man offered a seat to take weight off limbs
• Baucis actions- threw a rough cover over it, stirred up the warm ashes in fireplace, revived yesterdays fire by feeding it with dry bark and leaves, and produced flames with her old womans breath.
  -next seh brought down and chopped finely split sticks and dry twigs hanging from roof and put them under her little pot
  Phil– collected vegetables from his well watered garden from which SHE stripped the leaves , he then lifted down meagre amount of meat with two pronged fork from the blackened rafter and then cut small amount of meat which he had saved for ages and cooked until tender

Question 2

analysis extract

Answer 2

-historic present tense verbs showing everything done
-parvos penates- little home- aliteration highlights nature of house
three verbs- “detulit… minuit… admovit…” meaning brought down, chopped and put them under
sordida terga- meage amount of meat, word choice, shows they still share
summiso humiles- pair of words showing humble nature
word chocie summiso vertice -lowering heads, symbolic also physically big

Question 3

exract 7 lines 1-11 summary

Answer 3

-Gods began to eat
-Baucis= tucked in her dress, laid out the table with trembling hands, third leg of table was short so she put a roof tile under it, which fixed the slope. She then cleaned the flat surface with springs of mint. There was also olives, autumn cherries, endives, radish, cheese and egg. They were in clay dishes. Wine jug also there, and cups made from wood and lined out with yellow wax.

Question 4

Extract 7 lines 1 -11 analysis

Answer 4

-et.. que.. et- polysndecote use of ‘ and’ to emphasies the amount of food.
=list of foods- emphasies variety of foods
-succincta- creates an inelegant image, tucked in her dress is imagery and wouldnt expect of suffistocated roman woman
-eodem argento- use of irony as they arent made of silver to create humour

Question 5

extarct 7 lines 12-19

Answer 5

short delay, and fireplace provided hot food
- wine was not of great vinatage
-seccond course had nuts, a mix of dried figs and wrinkled dates, plums, sweet smelling apples in wicker baskets and grapes gathered from purple vines. Glistening honeycomb also.
- they had good willing faces and had no unwillingnes or lack of generosity

Question 6

extract 7 lines 12-19 analysis

Answer 6

word choice of epulas- connatations of banquet, unusual fro cuple to provide