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Lygdamus 3.3 Flashcards

1
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quid prodest

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anaphora

shows scepticism and impotence

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quid prodest caelumvotis implesse, Naeara,

What help Naeara to have glutted the heavens with vows

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contraction (implevisse). The line is all spondaic, so it has been contracted to be mournful.

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blandaque… tura

winning incense

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incense that is persuasive to the Gods.

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tecti

dwelling

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synechdoche- actually means roof tiles

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insignis clara

illustrious and famed

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pleonasm- both mean the same thing

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conspicuusque domo

my resplendant house

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perhaps referring to his famous lineage, not his literaly house.
i.e. the House of Asarracus

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aut ut multa mei renovarent iugera tauri

or that bulls of mine plow anew many an acre

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multa mei renovarent iugera tauri has the same structure as a golden line- ABVAB (chiasmus)

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Iugera

(many an) acre

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the iugerum is an agrarian measure of about 1/4 of a hectare.

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sed tecum

but with you

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shifts focus of the poem onto Naeara

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10
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sociarem gaudia

share the joys

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euphamism for sex

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inque tuo caderet nostra senecta sinu

and in your lap my old age fall to end

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caderet- usually implies a military death, which was considered a noble death. Instead he is rejecting this in favour of the simple life, but still enforcing the noble connotations.
also hyperbaton- tuo and sinu are seperated and nostra is in between. Putting him in her lap

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permenso defunctus tempore lucis

with the completion of my light’s full time

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pleonasm- emphasises the finality of death.

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13
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nudus

naked

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adds pathos- hes even stripped of his clothes

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14
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Lethaea

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Lethe’s boat is that of Charon the ferryman of the underworld who transports dead shades across the River Acheron of the underworld.
Letheaus used poetically refers to waters and rivers of the underworld. Not a particular reference to the river Lether, which is associated with forgetting your life on earth.

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cogerer ire rate

I’d have to travel on (Lethe’s) boat

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repetition of r creates a growling sound possibly suggesting the spirits are angry at their fate. The dead are forced on their journey.

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16
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what do lines 11-24 do?

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Catalogue the poet’s disdain for wealth.

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17
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Phrygiis…Taenare…Caryste

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all regions famous for their marble

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Phrygian

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= Trojan. Region of central/western Asia Minor.

marble is white w. reddish veins. Highly prized.

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Taenarus

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Cape at the extreme southwest of the Peloponnese. Famous for its temple to Poseidon. Marble is red coloured ‘rosso antico’

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Carystus

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A town on the southern coast of the Aegean island of Euboea. Famed as the source of ‘cipollino’ marble. parallel white and green lines like an onion.

21
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Taenare sive tuis, sive Caryste tuis

Or, Taenarus, yours, or yours, Carystus, too

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polysyndeton of ‘sive’ emphasises listing.

22
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et nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos

and within my dwelling woods that resemble sacred groves

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sign of wealth to have a garden inside your house.

23
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aurataeque trabes
and gilded beams
(coffered ceilings)

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great symbol of luxury. Frequently lined w. gold cloth and inlaid with ivory.

24
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aurataeque trabes marmoreumque solum

and gilded beams and a pavement made of marble

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polysyndeton

25
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quidve in Erythraeo legitur quae litore concha
tinctaque Sidonio murice lana iuvat
What help the pearl shell gathered on Erythrea’s shore.
or wool soaked in Sidon’s purple dye

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mentioning exotic products from the east is a well known poetic device to allude to riches.

26
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Erythraea

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Modern day Arabian Sea

27
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litore

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the part of the sea that borders the land, rather than the part of the land that borders the sea

28
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concha

pearl

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concha = shell= pearl.

Latin for pearl is actually margarita, so hard to fit into metre

29
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Sidonio

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Tyre, Modern Day lebanon

30
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levantur

made lighter

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example of zeugma (when one word applies to two phrases). The mens worries were (not) relieved and their minds are (not) freed.

31
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Fortuna

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personified

32
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sit mihi paipertas tecum iucunda, Naeara:

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focus turns from the mob to him and his gal, so starts using lots of personal pronouns from here on out.

33
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paupertas

poverty

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actually means lack of wealth rather than genuine poverty

34
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regum munera

the opulence of kings

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poss. referring to the Palace of Alcinous described in the Odyssey, famous for its luxury gifts thatAlcinous bestowed on Odysseus upon his departure.

35
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o mihi …

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starts off a series of accusatives of interjection reinforced by ‘o’ to express strong emotion.

36
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terque quaterque

threefold, fourfold

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polysyndeton

37
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At si, pro dulci

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Hiatus after first foot. unusual.

38
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audia aversa non meus aure deus

a hostile god should fail to hear, ear ill disposed…

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alliterative a: pleasant sound because it is describing a happy thing- her return.
internal rhyme of meus deus. Link between him and gods.

39
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nec me regna iuvant nec Lydius aurifer amnis
nec quas terrarum sustinet orbis opes
Neither kingdoms please me, nor Lydia’s gold filled stream, nor the wealth which the circle of the world supports

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use of negative listing, highlighting how everything makes him unhappy except for her.
Lydia’s stream- river near the Aegean coast of Turkey. The river rises from Mount Tmolus, flows through the ruins of the ancient city of Sardis, and empties into the Gediz River, the ancient Hermus. The Pactolus once contained electrum (alloy of gold and silver) that was the basis of the economy of the ancient state of Lydia. According to legend, King Midas divested himself of the golden touch by washing himself in the river. The historian Herodotus claimed that the gold contained in the sediments carried by the river was the source of the wealth of King Croesus.

40
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liceat mihi paupere cultu
securo cara coniuge posse frui
let me but live in poor man’s style
to enjoy without worry the dearness of my wife.

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emphatic word placement. liceat mihi (let me) and posse frui (to be able to) frame the things he wants the most.
securo cara coniuge- alliteration of ‘c’, shows his determination to get what he wants

41
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Adsis et timidis faueas, Saturnia, uotis,
et faueas concha, Cypria, uecta tua.
Stay near, Juno, kindly to my fearful prayers,
and kindly, too, Venus, travelling on your shell

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Appeals to Juno first, THEN Venus. Interested in longlasting love over desire.
Hyperbaton- the goddesses names mess up the word order. Shows their importance that they disrupt the structure.

42
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tristeque sorores

and the sad sisters

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describing the fates.

sad is an epithet for them.

43
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stamina quae ducunt quaeque futura neunt

who draw out our threads and spin our destiny

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repetition of ‘quae’ to show their importance

44
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in vastos amnes nigra-…

vast black streams

A

bit describing the marshes is spondaic

45
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dives

riches

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last line starts with riches. Coincidence? I think not

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