stylistic 85 Flashcards
toga purpurea
symbolic - worn by consuls, children and senior senators - emphasises untouchable
purple = v v expensive
in sella aurea
brought in by Caesar - v expensive object and boastful action. acts kingly - everything about him is kingly except his title.
gemitus toto foro. unde diadema?
missing verbs/words - ellipsis
short punchy, dramatic - shock!!!
coronatus
wouldn’t like it as would hinder his public image - would illustrate that Caesar wants to be a king (even if he does!)
all paraphernalia/regalia of kingship there
escendis + accedis + ostendis
all emphatically placed
homoeoteleuton - (same endings of verbs)
historic present - vivid action - shock of events?
imponebas + reiciebat
imperfect = comedic
A keeps trying to put it on with boos and C keeps refusing with applause!
accedis ad sellam…diadema ostendis
chiastic word order
scelus
emphatically at the end
meditatum et cogitatum
pleonasm
sustuleras + attuleras
same root with different prefixes = paronomasia
play on words, pun?!
imponebas cum plangore populi
plosive alliteration
plangore - almost onomatopoeic
loud sound of crowd - boos and cheers
never names …?
Caesar
too bad to be named - interesting
scelerate
use of vocative picks up scelus with paronomasia
emphasises criminality of action
inventus es
you were found
use of passive removes name of perpetrator
stops the idea of Caesar placing the idea
unus
only - important
no one else as stupid as he
