Literary Devices
An example of consonance is (Latin or English):
consecutive consonant sounds throughout words
rustica
rustic/simple
The 5 family members mentioned in Ovid
Who are the master/father, the wife/mother, the old man, the little girl, and the boy?
Horace's views on wealth
What is public large, private small
Roscius jr. is accused of this crime
What is patricide?
"agris urbibus nationibus" is an example of this technique
What is a tricolon?
ab antiquis
from ancient times
2 of 3 things Horace complains about regarding aristocratic mansions
What are creating pools, wiping out elms, flowers replacing olive groves
Rustic life is the teacher of these three things in Cicero (parsimoniae, diligentiae, iustitiae)
What are thrift, hard work, and good conduct?
Romulus did this
What is founded Rome (and killed brother)?
This type of word is repeated in a polysyndeton
What is a conjunction?
in agro
in the field/farm
This is generated in cities in Cicero
What is luxury or avarice/greed?
Cicero's allusion to Atilius serves this purpose
What is to contrast contemporary negative views of countryside
Cincinnatus was dictator for this long
15 days
minima tenuissima…maximam florentissimam is an example of this
What is a balanced phrase?
ferum atque agrestem (from Cicero)
rough and uncouth
It is better to be a farmer than these other 3 jobs in Horace
What are soldier, sailor, businessman?
2 ways harmony in the countryside is proved
What are both masters give offerings, the whole community is involved, both sides give sacrifice, all generations are involved
The term for seizing property by a government
What is proscription?
The difference between anastrophe and hyperbaton
What is when anastrophe displaces one word, hyperbaton multiple
neque horret iratum mare (from Horace)
and does not dread the angry sea
The two appearance-related things Cincinnatus does before addressing the delegates
What is wipes off dust and sweat and dons his toga
2 actions Cincinnatus takes in the text that prove he is a good choice for dictator
What are working on the farm, involves his family, follows etiquette
Horace lost his fortunes in the civil war. These two people supported him as an author afterwards
Who are Octavian and Maecenas?