In what order should the books be arranged to show the chronological sequence of their contents?

143. At domus interior gemitu miseroque tumultu

miscetur, penitusque cavae plangoribus aedes
femineis ululant; ferit aurea sidera clamor.
Tum pavidae tectis matres ingentibus errant
amplexaeque tenent postis atque oscula figunt.
Instat vi patria Pyrrhus; nec claustra nec ipsi
custodes sufferre valent; labat ariete crebro
ianua, et emoti procumbunt cardine postes.
Fit via vi; rumpunt aditus primosque trucidant
immissi Danai et late loca milite complent.
Non sic, aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis
exiit oppositasque evicit gurgite moles,
fertur in arva furens cumulo camposque per omnis
cum stabulis armenta trahit. Vidi ipse furentem
caede Neoptolemum geminosque in limine Atridas,

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490

495

500

vidi Hecubam centumque nurus Priamumque per aras
sanguine foedantem quos ipse sacraverat ignis.

(a) Explain the construction of femineis (488), tectis (489).

(b) Explain the allusions in vi patria (491) and geminos Atridas

(500). Who was Hecuba (501)?

(c) Copy vss. 494-495 and mark the scansion.

144.

Iamque adeo super unus eram, cum limina Vestae
servantem et tacitam secreta in sede latentem
Tyndarida aspicio; dant clara incendia lucem
erranti passimque oculos per cuncta ferenti.
Illa sibi infestos eversa ob Pergama Teucros,
et poenas Danaum et deserti coniugis iras
praemetuens, Troiae et patriae communis Erinys,
abdiderat sese, atque aris invisa sedebat.
Exarsere ignes animo; subit ira cadentem

(Vassar.)

570

575

ulcisci patriam, et sceleratas sumere poenas:

scilicet haec Spartam incolumis patriasque Mycenas

aspiciet, partoque ibit regina triumpho?

Coniugiumque domumque patres natosque videbit,

Iliadum turba et Phrygiis comitata ministris?

580

Occiderit ferro Priamus? Troia arserit igni?

(a) Explain the syntax of aris (574); parto (578); sudarit (582); flammae (587).

(b) Who is meant by illa (571)?

(c) Give a brief summary of Book IV or Book VI.

(d) What was Vergil's purpose in writing the Aeneid?

(e) Tell what you know of four of the following: Achates, Priam, Cassandra, Sinon, Ixion, Scylla, Charon.

(f) Write a metrical scheme of 577 and 586.

(g) In what meter is the Aeneid written? What is a spondaic line?

145. "Aspice (namque omnem, quae nunc obducta tuenti
mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum
caligat, nubem eripiam; tu ne qua parentis
iussa time neu praeceptis parere recusa):
hic, ubi disiectas moles avolsaque saxis

(Smith.)

605

saxa vides mixtoque undantem pulvere fumum,
Neptunus muros magnoque emota tridenti

610

fundamenta quatit totamque a sedibus urbem
eruit; hic Iuno Scaeas saevissima portas

prima tenet sociumque furens a navibus agmen
ferro accincta vocat.

Iam summas arces Tritonia, respice, Pallas
insedit, nimbo effulgens et Gorgone saeva."

615

(a) Under what circumstances were these words spoken? What effect was the vision here described intended to produce upon the one who was to see it? Why did the speaker think it necessary to say tu recusa (606-607)?

(b) Why was Juno saevissima (612) to Troy? What precisely is meant by Gorgone saeva (616)?

(c) Copy verses 605 and 606, and indicate the quantity of each syllable, the division into feet, and the principal caesuras.

(d) Explain how it happens that so many verses in the Aeneid (as in this passage verse 614) are not complete hexameters.

146. Haec fatus latos umeros subiectaque colla

(Board.)

veste super fulvique insternor pelle leonis
succedoque oneri; dextrae se parvus Iulus
implicuit sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis;
pone subit coniunx. Ferimur per opaca locorum,
et me, quem dudum non ulla iniecta movebant
tela neque adverso glomerati ex agmine Grai,
nunc omnes terrent aurae, sonus excitat omnis
suspensum et pariter comitique onerique timentem.
Iamque propinquabam portis omnemque videbar
evasisse viam, subito cum creber ad auris

725

730

visus adesse pedum sonitus genitorque per umbram

prospiciens 'Nate,' exclamat, 'fuge, nate; propinquant;
ardentis clipeos atque aera micantia cerno.'

(a) Explain the syntax of: humeros (721); insternor (722); oneri, dextrae, se (723); passibus (724); oneri, timentem (729); portis (730). (b) Write briefly on the second book of the Aeneid.

(c) When did Vergil live, and what did he write besides the Aeneid? (Cornell.)

147. Ausus quin etiam voces iactare per umbram implevi clamore vias maestusque Creusam

nequiquam ingeminans iterumque iterumque vocavi.
Quaerenti et tectis urbis sine fine furenti

770

infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae
visa mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago.

Obstipui, steteruntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit.
Tum sic adfari et curas his demere dictis:

775

'Quid tantum insano iuvat indulgere dolori,

o dulcis coniunx? non haec sine numine divum

eveniunt, nec te comitem hinc portare Creusam
fas aut ille sinit superi regnator Olympi.

Longa tibi exsilia, et vastum maris aequor arandum,

780

et terram Hesperiam venies, ubi Lydius arva

inter opima virum leni fluit agmine Thybris.

Illic res laetae regnumque et regia coniunx
parta tibi; lacrimas dilectae pelle Creusae.

Non ego Myrmidonum sedes Dolopumve superbas
aspiciam aut Grais servitum matribus ibo,
Dardanis et divae Veneris nurus,

sed me magna deum genetrix his detinet oris.
Iamque vale et nati serva communis amorem.'

785

(a) Explain the syntax of dolori (776); terram (781); virum (782); agmine (782); servitum (786). Comment on the use of aut (779).

(b) By whom were these words spoken, and under what circumstances? Who are meant by regnator (779); coniunx (783); deum genetrix (788); nati (789). Explain the references in Lydius (781); Myrmidonum (785); Dardanis (787).

(c) Copy and scan verses 775, 776.

(d) Write a synopsis of the events narrated in this book.

(Brown, Williams.) (e) Explain the syntax of quaerenti (771); tectis (771); nota (773); faucibus (774); tantum (776); tibi (780); Hesperiam (781); Creusae (784).

(f) To what does curas (775) refer? How did the speaker remove these curae? What other prophecies do you recall in the Aeneid similar to that in 780-782? How do you account for Creusa's prophetic power? Who is the chief speaker in Book II? When and where was he speaking? Give briefly his experiences prior to the beginning of Book II.

(g) Write the principal parts of ausus (768); quaerenti (771); steterunt (774); sinit (779); venies (781); fluit (782); parta (784); pelle (784). (Columbia.)

GENERAL QUESTIONS ON AENEID, BOOK II 148. 1. Identify the following characters, and tell what part each had in forwarding the events of this book: Laocoon, Sinon, Ulysses, Calchas, Cassandra Neoptolemus, Helen, Panthus, Androgeos. 2. Narrate the story of the wooden horse.

3. Describe Priam's death.

4. What reference to "omens" is found in this book?

5. Name the different "visions" or supernatural appearances in this book, showing the cause and effect in each instance.

149.

AENEIDOS LIBER III

Creta Iovis magni medio iacet insula ponto,
mons Idaeus ubi et gentis cunabula nostrae.
Centum urbes habitant magnas, uberrima regna,
maxumus unde pater, si rite audita recordor,
Teucrus Rhoeteas primum est advectus ad oras
optavitque locum regno. Nondum Ilium et arces
Pergameae steterant; habitabant vallibus imis.
Hinc mater cultrix Cybelae Corybantiaque aera
Idaeumque nemus, hinc fida silentia sacris

et iuncti currum dominae subiere leones.

Ergo agite, et divom ducunt qua iussa sequamur.

105

110

(a) Where were the Trojans when these words were spoken to them? (b) Give the location of the places referred to in Creta (104), Rhoetas oras (108), Idaeum nemus (112).

(c) Explain the allusion in mater (111), Corybantia aera (111).

(d) What poetical construction is used in verse 110? Change it to the corresponding prose construction.

(e) Explain the derivation of cultrix (111), giving the force of the suffix.

(f) In what respect is the order of words in verse 114 an order that neither Caesar nor Cicero would have used?

150.

Agnovit prolem ambiguam geminosque parentes,
seque novo veterum deceptum errore locorum.
Tum memorat: "Nate, Iliacis exercite fatis,
sola mihi talis casus Cassandra canebat.

(Board.) 180

Nunc repeto haec generi portendere debita nostro,
et saepe Hesperiam, saepe Itala regna vocare.
Sed quis ad Hesperiae venturos litora Teucros
crederet? Aut quem tum vates Cassandra moveret?
Cedamus Phoebo et moniti meliora sequamur."

185

(a) Under what circumstances were the words in verses 182-188 spoken?

(b) Write the principal parts of canebat (183).

(c) Why was Italy called Hesperiam (185)?

(d) What is the literal meaning of canebat (183)? Why is it an appropriate word in this place?

(e) Who was Cassandra? To what misfortune of hers does verse 187 refer?

(f) Name in order the places mentioned in Book III at which Aeneas landed.

(g) What part did Phoebus (verse 188) play in the wanderings of Aeneas?

151. "Bellum etiam pro caede boum stratisque iuvencis,

Laomedontiadae, bellumne inferre paratis

et patrio Harpyias insontis pellere regno?
Accipite ergo animis atque haec mea figite dicta,
quae Phoebo pater omnipotens, mihi Phoebus Apollo
praedixit vobis Furiarum ego maxuma pando.

(Board.)

250

Italiam cursu petitis, ventisque vocatis
ibitis Italiam, portusque intrare licebit;
sed non ante datam cingetis moenibus urbem,
quam vos dira fames nostraeque iniuria caedis
ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas.'

255

(a) Where were the Trojans when these words were spoken to them? (b) Explain the taunt in Laomedontiadae (248).

(c) What part does Apollo play in Book III?

(d) Give the principal parts of pando (252).

(e) What poetical construction is used in verse 254? Change it to the corresponding prose construction.

(f) When and how is the prophecy made in verses 255-257 fulfilled?

(g) Write the nominative of malis (257).

152.

Ast illum, ereptae magno inflammatus amore
coniugis, et scelerum Furiis agitatus, Orestes
excipit incautum patriasque obtruncat ad aras.
Morte Neoptolemi regnorum reddita cessit
pars Heleno, qui Chaonios cognomine campos
Chaoniamque omnem Troiano a Chaone dixit,
Pergamaque Iliacamque iugis hanc addidit arcem.

(Board.)

330

335

Explain the allusions in scelerum Furiis agitatus (331), in ereptae coniugis (330-2), in patrias aras (332). What part has Neoptolemus in the story of the Aeneid? What part has Helenus? Where was Chaonia? What is meant by Pergama? (Harvard.)

153.

Provehimur pelago vicina Ceraunia iuxta,
Unde iter Italiam cursusque brevissimus undis.
Sol ruit interea et montes umbrantur opaci.
Sternimur optatae gremio telluris ad undam.
Necdum orbem medium Nox Horis acta subibat:
Haud segnis strato surgit Palinurus et omnis
Explorat ventos atque auribus aëra captat;
Sidera cuncta notat tacito labentia caelo,

Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones,
Armatumque auro circumspicit Oriona.

510

515

Give the syntax of Italiam. Explain the figure illustrated in Nox Horis acta. Why was Palinurus the proper person to make the observations referred to? Explain either the epithet pluvias as applied to Hyadas or the expression armatum auro as applied to Oriona. Scan the last verse and point out the noteworthy feature of the verse. (Board.)

154.

Et pater Anchises: "Nimirum haec illa Charybdis;
Hos Helenus scopulos, haec saxa horrenda canebat.
Eripite, O socii, pariterque insurgite remis."
Haud minus ac iussi faciunt, primusque rudentem
Contorsit laevas proram Palinurus ad undas;
Laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit.
Tollimur in caelum curvato gurgite et idem

560