Lygdamus 2 Notes Flashcards

1
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What were rituals undertaken at a funeral?

A

Show love, embrace the bones, offer a lock of hair, make a ritual prayer

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2
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Does he doubt that Neara will be sad at his funeral? How do we know?

A

No because he uses iussive subjunctives ‘let her’

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3
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What is there pleonasm of?

A

‘Qui’

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4
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What does he mean by ‘a man of stone’?

A

Harsh hearted

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5
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Which lines can you change the order?

A

Lines 3-4

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6
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What is the ‘nostro’ on line 5?

A

Royal ‘we’

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7
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What is significant about putting ‘dolor’ as the last word on a line?

A

Harsh sound to finish

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8
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What sounds are prevalent on line 6?

A

‘D’ and ‘or’

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9
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Where are there fricatives?

A

‘Frangit fortia’

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10
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What is shown on line 8?

A

Lots of genitives yet they are very much separated from each other

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11
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What sort of subjunctives are present?

A

Iussive

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12
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What does the idea of her hair being long and in disarray show?

A

Unkempt and dishevelled in her grief

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13
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Who else does he want to mourn his death?

A

Neara’s mother

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14
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Who are the Manes?

A

Spirits of the dead meant to be feared. They decide on the death of a person. Thought to be their friends and also called the Lares. Special festival called Feralia to them on 19th February

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15
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Where is there a contrast?

A

‘Nigra candida’

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16
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What is ‘mellow Lyaeus’?

A

Wine of Bacchus

17
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What is the meaning of milk at a Roman funeral?

A

Nourish the dead’s appetite and also represents Juno. Breast milk

18
Q

What is a central part of a Roman funeral?

A

Gathering bones

19
Q

Where is Assyria?

A

A country next to modern day Syria diagonally and below Aremenia

20
Q

What does ‘celebri… fronte’ mean?

A

In public display

21
Q

Which word ends 3 lines?

22
Q

Which word is repeated in the first two lines?

A

‘Puellae’

23
Q

What is thought to happen when you die?

A

You become a shade of the underworld

24
Q

The white bones contrasts…

A

The black ash

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What did linen cloths normally do?
Shade people in the theatre and were for entertainment
26
Where was Panchaia and what was it famous for?
An island in the South below Arabia. Famous for spice trees and wealth of silver and gold
27
Why does Lygdamus mention places famous for riches?
Wants his grave to be covered in luxury
28
What were signs of mourning?
Dishevelled hair and scratching cheeks. Cannot look good/ appropriate