VIRGIL 719 - 731 Acron the Stag and Mezentius the Lion Flashcards
Who is Acron?
Acron, a greek man
Where had Acron come from?
Had come from the ancient territory of Corythus
What did Acron leave behind in Corythus?
Leaving behind incomplete marriage as an exile.
Why is Virgil giving us loads of details about Acron?
To create pathos between us and Acron, to add extra horror when he is later killed
Linquens
stylistic features
Leaving behing
Vivid present
What was Acron doing when Mezentius spotted him?
When Mezentius saw him from afar stirring up the middle of the battelines
How did Mezentius spot him in the battlefield?
Wearing purple plumes and a purple cloak given to him by his soon to be wife
How did Mezentius respond to spotting Acron?
Just like a hungry lion often prowls the high stables
Why does the lion prowl the high stables?
Because a raging hunger drives him on
What might the lion spot?
If by change he caught sight of a fleeing deer or a stag
Why is the stag so big?
A stag rising the the full height of its antlers
How does the lion respond to seeing the stag?
Rejoices with his mouth gapping open and raises his mare
How does the lion bring down the stag
clings onto its guts pinning it down from above
Why is the lion so cruel?
Disgusting gore washes over the lions wicked face
How is Mezentius like the lion?
In this way Mezentius rushes swiftly into the thick of the enemy
purpureum pennis et pactae
stylistic features.
Plosive alliteration to demonstrate the prominence of Acron on the battlefied
Leo ceu
stylistic features.
Just like a lion
simile
conspexit capream
stylistic features.
Alliteration of c to mimic the pacing and growling of the lion
visceribus
stylistic features.
Guts = graphic imagery
Lavit
stylistic features.
Vivid present
Visceribus super incumbens lavit improba taeter
stylistic features.
Very descriptive imagery, detailed graphic imagery for ultimate horror factor
ora cruor
stylistic features.
Bloodshed = more graphic imagery
Sic ruit
In this way…
End of simile, and vivid present
How is Acron brought down?
Unlucky Acron is brought down and drums on the dark red ground with his spurs
What does Acron do as he dies?
Breathing out his last breath and he bloodies the broken spear.
Sternitur
stylistic features.
Brought down at the start of line 42
Emphatic First Positon
infractaque tela cruentat
stylistic features.
Onomatapoeia for the spear breaking
