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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quartum Idus Februarias, MMXI

I. Scansion Practice: spondaic feet, and kinds of elision. esp. Aen I:223-226

II. Translatio. Aen I:223-253.

III. Exegesis. Supplicatio, Venus & Jupiter (cf. Homer, Iliad, Thetis and Zeus) Ways that Vergil is using ancient models and revising them for the Roman audience.

IV. (simultaneous work) Latin IV translates inquisitio XXXIX pp. 85-87.

On the dock for Monday & Wednesday 14 & 16 February: Roman Wedding; Aen I:254-296.

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