Ovid Page 2

Question 1

Theatris

Answer 1

Busy place - lots of women are there

Question 2

Sed tu…tuo

Answer 2

The couplet starts and ends with you

Question 3

Illic invenies quod ames, quod ludere possis

Answer 3

Ames = love –> feelings
Ludere = sex –> lighthearted, no feelings, not serious
= contrast

Question 4

Quodque semel tangas, quodque tenere velis

Answer 4

Contrast

There will be someone at the theatre you you might actually love, or someone you just want to mess around with

Question 5

Frequens….formica

Answer 5

Together

Question 6

Ut redit itque frequens…..

Answer 6

One example of nature, similes, layered

Question 7

Aut ut apes saltusque suos…

Answer 7

Another example of nature

• 4 things being maintained
• multi-layered simile
• enriches imagery

Question 8

Pascua, flores, thyma

Answer 8

Summer –> sweet, floral –> like women

Question 9

Cultissima femina

Answer 9

Insults women

• less elegant
• creates sense of purpose

Question 10

Copia iudicium saepe morata meum est

Answer 10

So many women around, so many to choose from. It’s hard to judge which one he wants

Question 11

Spectatum venient, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae

Answer 11

Chaistic structure (word order of the 2nd half reversed to mirror 1st half)

Question 12

Cast damna pudoris

Answer 12

Damna is in the middle. This emphasises the meaning of the line (loss). Damna breaks casti and pudoris in two

Question 13

Primus sollicitos fecisti, Romule, ludos

Answer 13

There was a massive tradition of using games to find women. This gives historical precedent for the person Ovid is advising

Question 14

Neque…nec

Answer 14

Start of the line, drawing attention to the rustic old stage

Question 15

Marmoreo

Answer 15

Marble, posh, sophisticated, civilised

Contrast between then and now but despite this contrast, men still found women

Question 16

Palatia

Answer 16

During Ovid’s the Palatine Hill was a posh area with palaces but during this event it was still wooded , had a forest etc

Question 17

Scena

Answer 17

Simple, without art, natural

Question 18

Caespite

Answer 18

Turf, emphasises how people were more rustic because they sat in turf steps

Question 19

Hirsutas…comas

Answer 19

Messy hair (hairy hair).
Shows how they were not sophisticated or civilised but they still found women

Question 20

Puellam

Answer 20

At the end of the line (natural emphasis), the men marked out who they wanted