Thursday, 4 September 2008

At the banks of the Styx (305-316)

1. What is the crowd described as doing (3)?

2. How does Virgil heighten the pathos in the list on lines 306-308? Pick out specific words, comment on word order and explain why particular word choice or image is effective. (5)

3. Do you think the double simile on lines 309-312 is effective? Think about what feeling the images Virgil uses evokes? Make sure you pick out specific words as well as commenting in general. (5)

4. Pick out and translate the Latin word that shows HOW MUCH the dead wanted to cross. (2)

5. Translate lines 315-316. (5)

Total: 20

Please complete for Tuesday. Gratias.

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