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Aeneas
The main character! Escaped Trojan, future founder of Rome
What prophecy does Juno fear?
That offspring drawn from Trojan blood would one day overturn the Tyrian citadels.
tum prora avertit, et undis dat latus
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(Dramatic) Historic Presents
Urbs antīqua fuit, Tyriī tenuēre colōnī
There was an ancient city, Tyrian settlers held it
Sed pater omnipotens speluncis abdidit atris
Who is the pater omnipotens? [1]
Jupiter
Juno
Queen of the Gods, Wife of Jupiter etc.
What does Juno offer Aeolus in return for the storm?
Her most beautiful nymph, Deiopea
iūdicium Paridis sprētaeque iniūria fōrmae, et genus invīsum, et raptī Ganymēdis honōrēs
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Polysyndeton
venti, velut agmine facto, qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant
The winds, as if in battle formation, where the gate was given, rush out and blow through the lands in a whirlwind
vela dabant laeti, et spumas salis aere ruebant
Identify and translate the word in this line that shows the Trojans are having an easy sail [2]
laeti - happy
Aeolus
King of the winds
What had the Trojans done that made Juno hate them? Give 2 details
Paris had judged her not to be the most beautiful, they were descended from Dardanus (illegitimate son of Jupiter), and it's where Ganymede came from (Jupiter's cupbearer)
ponto nox incubat atra
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Pleonasm (black night)
tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem!
Of so great a difficulty was it to found the Roman race!
quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam posthabita coluisse Samo
How does Virgil show how much Juno favours Carthage? Make 1 style point
Juxtaposition of omnibus unam; delay of Samo; etc.
Oilean Ajax
The Greek fighter who defiled Pallas' temple
What had Juno done for Aeolus in the past? Give 3 details
She obtained his kingdom for him, and his power, and the favour of Jupiter, and let him recline at the feasts of the gods, and made him ruler of clouds and storms
Tu mihi, quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Iovemque concilias, tu das epulis accumbere divom
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Anaphora
O terque quaterque beati, quis ante ora patrum Troiae sub moenibus altis contigit oppetere
O three and four times happy, he who happened to meet his end before the eyes of his parents at Troy below its high walls
ō Danaum fortissime gentis
Tȳdīdē! mēne Īliacīs occumbere campīs
nōn potuisse tuāque animam hanc effundere dextrā
What desire does Aeneas express in these lines? [2]
To have died at the hands of Diomedes at Troy, rather than in this storm
Eurus
The East Wind
5 of Aeneas' comrades are named to have been overcome by the storm. Name 3 of them. 100 bonus points for each correct epithet.
(Loyal) Orontes, Ilioneus, (Brave) Achates, Abas, (Aged) Aletes
extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra
Identify the stylistic device in this line
Spondaic line
incute vim ventis submersasque obrue puppes, aut age diversos et disiice corpora ponto
strike force into the winds and overwhelm and sink their ships, or drive them in different directions and scatter their bodies upon the sea
ipsa Iovis rapidum iaculāta ē nūbibus ignem
disiēcitque ratēs ēvertitque aequora ventīs,
illum exspīrantem trānsfīxō pectore flammās
turbine corripuit scopulōque īnfīxit acūtō
How does Virgil make this a chaotic scene? Make 2 style points [4]
e.g. hyperbaton of rapidum...ignem; polysyndetic HPs disiecitque...evertitque; promotion of illum; hyperbole of exspirantem...flammas; guttural alliteration (cs and xs)