Incipit: Timed Sight Translation Aen. I: 402-406 (10 minutes).
I. Translation Aen. I: 335-385.
II. Exegesis and Analysis: review of scansion; what makes a long syllable? A. a macron over a given vowel; B. a short vowel and two consonants, even those at the beginning of the next word! Conventions of Roman marriage: bride's age, likelihood of subsequent spouses in ancient Rome (ll. 345-346). Why does Vergil call Dido a dux (l. 364 dux femina facti)?
On the Dock for Monday: Aen. I:371-417.
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