Part Six Flashcards

1
Q

What meter was used for epic poetry?

A

Dactylic Hexameter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who was a literary patron of the Augustan poets in the first century B.C?

A

Maecenas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who is the author of the Aeneid?

A

Vergil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

In lines 1-7 (Arma. . . Romae), the poet does what?

A

introduces a main character

(These lines introduce Aeneas, the hero of the story.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

In line 2, -que connects what two Latin words?

A

Italiam (line 2) and litora (line 3)

(These two words are both direct objects of the verb venit.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

In line 3, how is the Latin word alto translated?

A

sea

(Contextually, the adjective means “sea” in this passage.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

Identify a stylistic device which can be found in line 4 (viiram).

A

transferred epithet

(The adjective memorem modifies iram, but really should be taken with Junonis. She is mindful of the Judgement of Paris and of the cupbearer Ganymede.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

Identify the case and number of multa (line 5).

A

accusative plural

(The word is the direct object of passus.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

In line 5, how is the phrase dum conderet translated?

A

until he might establish

(With an imperfect subjunctive, this temporal clause implies
intention or expectancy)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

Identify the metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 7 (AlbaniqueRomae).

A

spondee-dactyl-spondee-spondee

(Alba/nique pa/tres, at/que altae /. spondee-dactyl-spondeespondee. There is an elision in the fourth foot.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

In lines 8-11 (Musa. . . irae), the poet asks for an account of what?

A

Juno’s motivations

(The poet asks why Aeneas must endure so much at Juno’s hand.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

What is the subject of volvere (line 9)?

A

virum

( In this object clause, virum is the subject of the verb volvere)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Aeneid, I.1–11

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

Identify the main characteristic of epic poetry featured in lines 8–11.

A

invocation of the Muse

(The Muse is invoked in line 8 of this passage.)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly