VIRGIL 689-706 Mezentius the Rock

Question 1

But meanwhile Mezentius,

obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,

Answer 1

fired up by the warnings of Jupiter

Question 2

What did Mezentius do when he was fired up by Jupiter?

sternit humi, cum quo Latagum Palmumque fugacem,

Answer 2

He took up the fighting and charged into the rejoicing Trojans.

to the ground, together with Latagus and the fleeting Palmus

Question 3

What did the Etruscans do in response to Mezentius charging at them?

donat habere umeris et vertice figere cristas.

Answer 3

They merged together and treated the one man with all their hatred and frequently thrown weapons.

to wear on his shoulders and to fix as crests on his helmet.

Question 4

How does Virgil describe Mezentius?

Answer 4

Like a rock which juts out into the vast sea

Question 5

What is the rock being attacked by?

Answer 5

Up agains the fury of the wings and exposed to the sea,

Question 6

Why is the rock so strong?

occubat, ignarum Laurens habet ora Mimanta.

Answer 6

It endures all the power and the threats of both the sky and the sea, self remaining unmoved.

[while] the Laurentine shores holds Minas the stranger.

Question 7

How is Mezentius like a rock?

Answer 7

He flattens Hebrus son of Dolichaon to the ground, together with Latagus and the fleeing Palmus.

Question 8

What does Ardens mean?

Answer 8

fired up

Question 9

What does Velut mean?

Answer 9

Just like

Question 10

What does prodit mean?

Answer 10

Juts out into

Question 11

Montis Mezentius

stylistic features.

Answer 11

Murmarance: seriousness, emphasises the warnings and power of Jupiter and Mezentius.

Question 12

Obvia vent-rumeur furies expostaque ponto

stylistic features.

Answer 12

Assonance and alliteration of V and PO to emphasise speed and power

Question 13

Caelique Marisque

stylistic features.

Answer 13

Polysyndeton: showing how the waves are unstoppable

Question 14

Immota manens

stylistic features.

Answer 14

Murmarance: Draws our attention to the immovability of the rock.

Question 15

velut rupes

stylistic features.

Answer 15

Metaphor

Question 16

What word means rock?

Answer 16

Rupes

Question 17

How many bars of scansion?

Answer 17

6, long short short or long long, X on end.

Question 18

ipsa immota

stylistic features.

Answer 18

ellision

Question 19

How did Mezentius kill Latigus?

Answer 19

He caught Latigus in the mouth and full in the face with a huge rocky fragment of a mountain

Question 20

Why can’t Palmus run?

Answer 20

Having cut through his hammerstring

Question 21

What does Mezentius allow Palmus to do?

Answer 21

writhe slowly (on the ground)

Question 22

What happens to Palmus armour?

Answer 22

And he gives their armour to Lausus

Question 23

How does Lausus wear the armour?

Answer 23

To wear on his shoulders and to fix as crests on his helment

Question 24

Who did Mezentius also kill after Palmus?

Answer 24

And he also killed Euanthes the Trojan and Paris peer and companion Minas

Question 25

Who gave birth to Minas?

Answer 25

Whom Theano gave birth to with Amycus as the father.

Question 26

What is significant about Minas birth?

Answer 26

On the same night as the Cisserian queen (Hecuba) pregnant with a torch, gave birth to Paris

Question 27

Where is Paris buried?

Answer 27

Paris lies in state in his paternal city

Question 28

igenti fragmine montis

stylistic features.

Answer 28

Hyperbole and Hendiadys

Question 29

Occupat and Donat

stylistic features.

Answer 29

Vivid Present

Question 30

Faciemque adversam

stylistic features.

Answer 30

Graphic Imagery