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Ovid 2 Flashcards

1
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quod tam mihi dura viedentur strata, neque in lecto pallia nostra sedent et vaccus somno noctem, quam longa, peregi, lassaque versati corpois ossa dolent?

A

that my mattress seems to me so hard and my covers do not stay on the bed and I have passed the whole length of the night without sleep and the weary bones of my tormented body ache

Ovid is describing his disturbed night

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esse quid hoc dicam

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what am I to say is happening

the order of words here highlights the distress that he feels

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dura strata

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hard mattress

the physical hardness he feels equates to the hardness or difficulties he faces as he falls in love

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neque in lecto pallia nostra sedent

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my covers do not stay on the bed

visual of the covers falling off

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noctem,quam longa, peregi

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I have passed the whole length of the night without sleep

the positioning of peregi - without sleep at the end of the line draws out the sentence to reflect how long the night seems

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versati corporis lassa ossa

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the weary bones of my tormented body

this gives a visual of Ovid tossing and turning in his sleep the word placement of lassa…ossa and versati…corporis highlights the movement

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7
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dolent

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ache

Physical pain will be matched with Ovids love

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nam, puto, sentirem, si quo tempatrer amore an subit et tecta callidus arte nocet?

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For I would know, I suppose, if I were the victim of some attack of love or does it seal up and do its damage cunningly by secret wiles

Ovid does not know for sure whether he is in love or not. In these lines, sinister/negative language for what should be a positive emotion

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9
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sentirem

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I would know

subjunctive
he is the only one who can relate to this distress

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10
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temptarer amore…an subit…callidus…tecta

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attacked by love…or does it creep up…cunning…covered

all examples of military vocab

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11
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temptarer amore

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attacked by love

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12
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an subit

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or does it creep up

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13
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callida

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cunning

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14
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tecta

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hidden

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15
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haereserunt

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have fixed

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16
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tenues…sagittae

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invisible arrows

implies pain
linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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17
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corde

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heart

linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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18
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tenues

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invisible

linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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saggitta

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arrow

linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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20
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ferus

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wild

makes love seem cruel and savage
linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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21
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versat

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torments

linked to line 4 about the tossing and turning
linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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22
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credimus

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do we surrender

engaging the reader/audience

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23
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luctando

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by struggling

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24
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subitum

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unexpected

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25
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accenderer ingnem

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feed the flame

fire imagery for love the more you resist the stronger the feelings get

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26
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cedanus

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let us surrender

Ovid capitulates immediately! Other poets agonise for whole poems and books about being tortured by love. Ovid surrenders in a single word

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27
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onus leve fit quod bene fertur

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a burden which is readily borne becomes light

This is a proverb. It was a standard exercise for those studying rhetoric to find as many ways as possible of expressing ideas contained in proverbs using different words and also to find as many examples as possible of the idea which the proverbs were expressing. Similar to the epithets in poem 1

28
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vidi…vidi

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I have seen…I have seen

repetition emphasises that surrendering has worked many times before from what Ovid has seen first hand

29
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iactatas mota face crescrere flammas

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flames blaze up when fanned by the movements of a torch

the torches fanned shows an increase in intensity but if left alone they die. torches are associated with marriage

30
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verba plura ferunt quam quos iuvat usus aratri detrectant prensi dum iuga prima boves

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when oxen refuse their first yoke after being rounded up they suffer more blows than those who take pleasure in the work of the plough

when oxen fight the yoke they feel more pain and by delaying boves meaning oxen to the end if the sentence it gives the impression of people suffering

31
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asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis frena minus senit quisquis ad arma facit

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a spirited horse has its mouth bruised by the hard teeth of the bit but one that adapts to its harness feels the bridle less

taming a horse if it fights the bit more pain will be endured

32
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acrius invitos multoque ferocius urget quam qui servitum ferre fatentur Amore

A

Love assails the unwilling much more fiercely and ferociously than those who confess that they are enslaved

now the same analogy shown in nature is shown in love showing that fighting the love makes it worse and more painful

33
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acrius…ferocius

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more fiercely and ferociously

comparative words that are used to highlight the pain

34
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serventium Armor

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slavery of love

this is a stock theme of love poetry and is used from lines 18-46 in this poem. This also allows the parody of a triumph where cupid or love is the conquering general and his victims are those he has made fall in love

35
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preada

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war prise

a word with military overtones and linked with the idea of slavery

36
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porrigimus… manus

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I stretch out.. my hands

as if he has been captured and put in chains

37
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iura

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bidding

he has been placed under control of love

38
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pacem veniamque rogamus

A

I ask for mercy and peace

subservent to love

39
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nec tibi laus armis victus inermis ero

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I shall not bring you glory conquered unarmed by arms

ovid is no longer putting up a fight which contrasts with poem one

40
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myrto

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myrtle

tree of venus

41
Q

columbas

A

doves

42
Q

currum

A

chariot

the triumphant general’s chariot would be drawn by horses here by venus’ birds which are doves

43
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victurus

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stepfather

ie Vulcan- cupid is the sone of jupited and stepson of vulcan just as augustus is the stepson of the divine julius- a hint to what is to come perhaps

44
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capti capetaeque

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captive…captive

repetition dhows that both are captured and won over by love, both boys and girls are slaves to love

45
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et nova captiva vincula mente feram

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will bear my fresh chains with submissive mind

nova- short goes with vincula-chains while captiva- log goes with the feminine mente- mind. Again ovids servile acceptance of Love is in stark contrast with the misery and agony of the other poets who have been enslaved

46
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Mens Bona ducetur manibus post terga retoris et Pudir et castris quidqiud Amoris obest

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Good sense will be in the procession with her hand s tied behind her back and Modesty and whoever resists Love’s army

personification of good sense and modesty highlights other elements captured and controlled by love

47
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Mens Bona

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good sense

worshiped as a goddess in rome

48
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Pudor

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modesty

Augustus passed laws designed to punish adultery and reward faithful marriage partners

49
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castris

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camp

Cupid as general image is maintained

50
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Blanditiae

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Flattery

personification- what happens when in love

51
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Error

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delusion

personification- what happens when in love

52
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Furor

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madness

personification- what happens when in love

53
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nudus

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defenceless

Ovid makes a joke for cupid is usually portrayed in art as a naked child. Here nudus id the equivalent of defenceless

54
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mater

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mother

The Julian family claimed descent from Venus through Iulus, son of Aeneas. Ovid is preparing the ground for the reference to Cupid’s relaitive Caesar i.e Augustus

55
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auratis…rotis

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golden chariot

rotis means wheels so this is an example of synecdoche

56
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aureus

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golden

gold was the metal of the gods. In a triumph the general had his skin dyed a reddish gold colour

57
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gema variante capillos…aures ipse

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jewels adorning your hair…a golden figure

the juxtaposition of jewels and gold in these lines highlighting the extravagence

58
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ures

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on fire

passion of love can be harmful

59
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fervida vicino flamma vapore nocet

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your scorching flame does damage when its heat comes near

alliteration of v and f highlights the harm caused by love and how it can be harmful

60
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alitibus

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birds

this is a reference to the doves of venus

61
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tigeribus

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tigers

Bacchus was often portrayed in art in a chariot drawn by wild beasts symbolising his wild power

62
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tu gravis alitibus tigerebus ille fuit

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you oppress with birds as he did with tigers

compares god of wine to cupid not in a good way- lack of control baccus had tigers to draw his chariot, cupid has doves- ridiculous image of cupid. Ovid is trying to be comical

63
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parce..perdere

A

refrain from wasting

Ovid again pleads for mercy since Cupid has been victorious since Ovid’s immediate surrender at the beginning of the poem

64
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qua vicit, victos protegit ille manu

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he protects the conquered with the hand with which he conquered them

being conquered by the romans was a benifit for people

65
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Caesaris arma

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caesar’s army

Ovid maneges to link caesar to venus through Aenas. These lines can be seen of Caesar as a protector.

66
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plot explain

A

-Ovid struggles to sleep
-Ovid victim of love
-Ovid surrenders to love
-Ovid gives nature examples of things being less painful when you give in : torches, oxen and horses
-Ovid says love enslaves people
-Ovid is cupids war prise
-Triumph
-Love harmful
-Ovid compares Cupid to Baccus
-Caesar conquers people

Latin AH Poems (32 decks)

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