Lines 333-353

Question 1

334-349

Answer 1

Long passage of description.
Greek words, highly pictorial scene.
Based on Iliad book 18.

Question 2

Miletus

Answer 2

beauty of Miletian fleeces was legendary.

Question 3

List of Nymph names

Answer 3

Inspired by Homer’s list of Nereids in Iliad.
Uses Greek rhythm to highlight this.
Polysyndeton (excessive use of conjunctions) used to highlight no. of nymphs.

Question 4

Nesaee Spioque Thaliaque Cymodoceque

Answer 4

SPURIOUS
Same line in Aeneid book 5.
Suspicious here, and so is omitted by many scholars.

Question 5

Cyddipeque et flava Lycorias, altera virgo,
altera tum primos Lucinae experta labores.
Cydippe and Golden Haired Lycorias, one a virgin,
the other then having endured the labour of first childbirth.

Answer 5

Uses epanalepsis to create pathos.