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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Decembres, Ludi Plebei

Incipit: Timed Sight Translation Aen. I: 297-309 (12 minutes).

I. Translation Aen. I: 275-296.

II. Exegesis and Analysis: review of scansion; anaphora imperium 279 & 287; enjambment (Romanos 282), interlocked word order (lupae fulvo nutricis tegmine 275, pulchra Troianus origine Caesar 286); future indicative and Jupiter's certainty. Hint of Julius Caesar's deification vocabitur hic quoque votis (290). The sorting of the lineage of the Iulii: Ilus, Ilia (Rhea Silvia) + Mars = Romulus and Remus ---> Iulius a magno demissum nomen Iulo (288)

III. What is a metaphor: view end of Orpheus & Eurydice; see 5-point prompt (collected and handout made available at http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/5362091793057687/lib/5362091793057687/_files/orpheus-metaphor_111709.pdf)

Dock for Thursday: discuss metaphor responses briefly; translation and analysis Aen. I: 310-324 [but preferably work ahead to 334].

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