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GCSE Latin - Virgil Set Text: The Aeneid > Lines 554 - 558 Notes > Flashcards

Lines 554 - 558 Notes Flashcards

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What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?

videntem Pergama prolapsa

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As he dies he is watching the city he ruled collapse to nothing. What a sad last sight for him.

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What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?

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The contrast is striking between his power when alive (once the proud ruler) and his lack of recognition when dead (corpus sine nomine)

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What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?

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The ‘truncus’ with the head torn off is very de-humanising. This power is gone with his name, but also even his recognisable human shape.

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What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?

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His power is emphasised with the intensifier ‘tot’

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What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?

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‘fatorum’ and ‘sorte’ underline how powerless mortals are to change the destiny provided to us by the gods. A recurrent theme in ancient literature

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GCSE Latin - Virgil Set Text: The Aeneid (41 decks)

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