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Question 1

‘…rependens…’

WEIGHING one destiny, against opposing destinies

Answer 1

Venus, knowing what Jupiter had promised, used to reconcile herself to the fall of Troy with the prospect of the refounding of Troy in Rome.

Question 2

‘occasum…ruinas…fatis…fata’

Answer 2

rhetorical doublets
Describing the effect the situation is having on her, and compares the past and present situations (nunc).
This question challenges Jupiter to do something about her sadness.

Question 3

Who is Antenor?

Answer 3

Antenor is a Trojan hero who managed to escape the war and settle in Patavium/Padua (near Venice)- birthplace of Vergil.

Question 4

‘Potuit’/’Potuere’

Answer 4

Contrast

Question 5

‘Antenor potuit, mediis elapsus Achivis, Illyricos penetrare sinus, atque intima tutus regna liburnorum, et fontem superare Timavi, ….’
Antenor having escaped through the middle of the Greeks, safe, was able to enter the Illyrian gulfs, and deep into the realms of the Liburnians, and overcome the founts of Timavus….

Answer 5

Three rising clauses, show Antenor’s difficulty increasing.

Question 6

‘Superare’

overcome

Answer 6

In final phrase this word emphasises the demands put on Antenor

Question 7

Armaque fixit

Hung up the arms

Answer 7

On retirement, people dedicated their armour to the Gods, in a temple.

Question 8

‘nunc placida compostus pace quiescit’

now settled, he lives quietly in tranquil peace

Answer 8

All of these words emphasise peacefulness.

Pleonastic Tautologies

Question 9

Pleonastic Tautologies

Answer 9

Pleonasm- add something extra unnecessary in.

Tautologies- Stylistic device used to overemphasise something.