Market scene

Question 1

iuvenis…perveni

Answer 1

The verb perveni (‘I reached’) is split from the subject ‘iuvenis’ (young man’) suggests a long voyage and build up to his final arrival in Larissa. Sympathy for Thelyphron as readers can understand his tremendous journey and tiredness.

Question 2

‘medio in foro senem conspicio’

Answer 2

In the middle of the marketplace I spotted an old man’
Word picture
Historic present

Question 3

‘puer et satis peregrinus es’

Answer 3

‘you are a boy and just a stranger’
ALLITERATION emphasises the Old Man’s contempt at Thelyphron’s attempt at humour. Serious tone

Question 4

‘apertis et inconivis oculis semper in cadaver intentis’

Answer 4

‘eyes open, sleepless, and always intent on the corpse’

WORD PICTURE created which emphasises the importance of watching the body (the ‘cadaver’ is placed between ‘oculis intentis’

TRICOLON of adjectives also stresses the need for vigilance

Motif of eyes throughout the story

Question 5

‘nam et aves et canes et mures, immo vero etiam muscas, induunt.’

Answer 5

‘For they take the shape of birds and dogs and mice, and indeed even flies’

Polysyndeton