Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Scansion
Translation
Comprehension
100
bird
What is volucris,is, m
100
Using one word in two ways in the same sentence
What is Zeugma
100
carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames
What is -uu -- -- -uu -uu --
100
Umbras erat inter recentes inter
What is she was among the recent shades
100
Two things that happened when Orpheus began playing
What is Ixion's wheel stopped, The Danaids stopped, the Furies wept, Sisyphus sat on the rock, the bird stopped eating the liver
200
light, eye
What is lumen, luminis, n
200
Reversal of normal word order
What is anastrophe
200
Talia dicentem nervosque ad verba moventem
What is -uu -- -- -- -uu --
200
Stupuitque Ixionis orbis
What is and the wheel of Ixion stopped
200
What was the restriction placed on Eurydice's return
What is that Orpheus not look back until they left the underworld
300
cheek
What is gena, ae, f
300
Criss-cross word order, a-b-b-a
What is chiasmus
300
ne flectat retro sua lumina donec Avernas
What is -- -- -uu -uu -uu --
300
Stupuit gemina nece coniugis Orpheus
What is Orpheus was stunned by the twin death of his wife
300
Why did Orpheus look back
What is He was afraid that Eurydice was failing
400
to fear
What is metuo, metuere, metui, metutus
400
The device found in 'hanc simul et legem...accipit
What is Zeugma
400
exieret valles, aut irrita dona futura
What is -uu -- -- -uu -uu -uu
400
Esse deos Erebi crudeles questus
What is having complained that the gods of Erebus are cruel
400
How did Eurydice react when she began to fall back
What is she reached out but did not complain about Orpheus
500
Grab at
What is carpo, carpere, carpsi, carptus
500
The device found in 'Umbras erat illa recentes inter'
What is anastrophe or enjambement
500
iamque iterum moriens, non est de coniuge quicquam
What is -uu -uu -- -- -uu --
500
Tunc primum lacrimis victarum carmine fama est Eumenidum maduisse genas
What is Then the story is that first the cheeks of the Furies, overcome by the song, grew wet with tears
500
What happened to Olenos
What is He tried to take blame onto himself and was turned to stone
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