It consisted of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus.
What is the First Triumvirate?
100
The repetition of initial sounds.
(ex) Veni, vidi, vici.
What is alliteration?
100
The place where Vergil was born.
What is Mantua?
100
The protagonist of this genre that embodies the ideals of a particular culture.
What is a hero?
100
Vergil wrote the Aeneid in this meter.
What is dactylic hexameter?
200
They were well known for their attempts at land reform.
Who are Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus?
200
A figure of speech where a thing/concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something closely related to it.
(ex) A "crown" used to signify a "king".
What is metonymy?
200
He was Vergil's literary patron.
Who is Maecenas?
200
An epic contains an invocation to ________.
What are the Muses?
200
A spondee consists of...
What is two long syllables?
300
He declared himself dictator for life.
Who is Julius Caesar?
300
A figure of speech where a part of something is used to signify the whole.
(ex) "All hands on deck!" -- The "hands" signify "people"...not independent hands...that'd be weird and creepy.
What is synecdoche?
300
Vergil's epic.
What is the Aeneid?
300
Traditionally, an epic includes a detailed description of a descent into __________.
What is the underworld?
300
A dactyl consists of...
What is a long syllable with two short syllables?
400
She had an important political relationship with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.
*She was also fluent in seven languages!
Who is Cleopatra?
400
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
(ex) "Never give up. Never surrender." - Galaxy Quest
What is anaphora?
400
Vergil's collection of pastoral poetry.
What are the Eclogues?
400
These two Greek epics heavily influenced Vergil's Aeneid.
What are the Iliad and Odyssey?
400
This process occurs in the phrase "nauta est".
What is elision?
500
He marched on Rome, seized dictatorship, made his reforms, and then retired.
Who is Sulla?
500
The delay of the final word or phrase of a sentence or clause to the beginning of the following verse; to emphasize an idea or create suspense.
What is enjambment?
500
Vergil wrote the Aeneid as propaganda for this political figure.
Who is Augustus?
500
The nationalistic theme (a characteristic of the epic genre) of Vergil's Aeneid glorifies _________.