Virgil's Georgics: Lines 457-484 Notes Flashcards
What is the effect of ‘illa quidem’?
Changes the subject and provides emphasis
Who is the focus moving towards in this section?
From Orpheus to Eurydice
What is the effect of the subjunctive ‘fugeret’?
Implies purpose
What is the technique of giving inanimate objects human qualities?
Pathetic fallacy
Where is pathetic fallacy seen here?
Lines 461-3
What reinforces the pathetic fallacy?
Slow spondees and polysyndeton
What was Rhodope and Paneae?
Mountains in Thrace
Who was Rhesus?
A famous Thracian leader who took part in the Trojan war
Who lived in Thrace?
Ares
Where is there a hiatus?
After ‘getae’
What are the techniques in line 463?
Hiatus, no strong caesura after third and fourth foot, polysyllabic words and a spondaic fifth foot
Who were the Getae?
Northern people, associated with Thrace
Who was Orithyia?
Daughter of Erectheus, King of Athens and wife of the north wind
What is Orpheus doing as a solace for his love?
Song or poetry
What techniques are in lines 465-6 and what is the effect?
Spondees, assonance of long ‘e’ sounds, alliteration of ‘t’ and ‘d’, repetition and direct address to Eurydice all heightens the pathos
Give two synonyms for the underworld?
Dis and Erebus
Where was a fabled entrance to the Underworld?
Taenarum in South Greece
What pattern is on line 468?
Chiasmus
What makes the chiasmus more impressive?
Slow movement
What does line 468 allow Virgil to do?
Blend physical and spiritual appearance of the place
The long ‘i’ in ‘ibant’ picks up what?
The long ‘i’s on the previous line shows distance and eeriness
Where else is the simile mentioned?
Aeneid book 6
What twist has Virgil put on the ghost simile?
In the Aeneid, ghosts are first compared to leaves and then birds flying to land but here, they flock into the sky and to the trees for shelter
Lines 475-7 are repeated and used where else?
Aeneid book 6 and Homer’s Odyssey book 11
