Lygdamus 1 Notes Flashcards

1
Q

If Lygdamus flatters the gods, what does he hope for in return?

A

Something nice like his girl

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2
Q

Where is there synecdoche?

A

‘Tecti’ for dwelling

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3
Q

Does he talk about a house being well known and easy to spot?

A

Yes

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4
Q

How does he emphasise the appearance of his house?

A

Tautology

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5
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Where is the second lot of tautology?

A

‘Completion of my light’s full time’

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6
Q

What does permenso literally mean?

A

‘Measured out’

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7
Q

What is a property of groves?

A

Sacred area

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8
Q

What was Taenarus famous for?

A

Red marble

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9
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What was Carystus famous for?

A

White and green marble

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10
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Where is there a third piece of tautology?

A

Dwelling woods resemble sacred groves

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11
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Why does line 18 have lots of soft sounds? Explain with regards to ‘iuvat’

A

‘Iuvat’ is softer than ‘prodest’ to replicate soft wool

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12
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Where is there enjambment?

A

‘Invidia est’

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13
Q

What does he mean about the mob?

A

The mob loves lots of things wrongly

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14
Q

Line 25 onwards shows what?

A

The height of his certainty

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15
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What is emphatic?

A

Triple ‘nec’

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16
Q

What is Lydia’s stream?

A

A river in Persia thought to contain gold

17
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What does ‘vecta’ mean?

A

Carried/ supported

18
Q

What does he suggest at the end?

A

Perhaps it is not fated for him to be with Neara

19
Q

What does languorous mean?

A

Little energy

20
Q

What is Lethe?

A

River of the underworld often synecdoche for the underworld itself

21
Q

Why does he mention the purple wool and shells?

A

Need a girl for this otherwise there is no use without one

22
Q

When he talks about poverty what does he actually mean?

A

Relative lack of wealth for his class

23
Q

What does he mean by ‘opulence of kings’?

A

Gifts meaningless without a girl

24
Q

Why does he mention Saturnia, the Drear Sisters and Cypria?

A

Deities associated with getting a girl

25
What was Erythraea and what was it famed for?
An Ionian city famed for wise women
26
Where is Sidon?
In modern day Lebanon just above Tyre on the West coast
27
Who was Fortuna goddess of?
Fortune and the personification of luck
28
Where is the Lycus River (Lydia)?
In Asia Minor, below the Black Sea and goes through Medea and Cilicia
29
Who is Cypria?
Venus
30
Why is Venus seen to be with a shell?
Depicted in a clam shell
31
Where is Phrygia and Ionia?
Persian Empire around Turkey
32
Where is Carystus?
Southern coast of Evia next to Greece
33
Where is Taenarus?
In the peloponnese. An eponym including Cape Taenarum, Mount Taenarum and City Taenarus