Cupid and Psyche Chapters 1-2 Test Questions and Answers 100% Correct!!

Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina: - ANSWER-There were in a certain city-state a king and queen. **This sentence indicates that there is a pleasant story coming, happy ending, fairytale hi tres filias pulcherrimas habuerunt. - ANSWER-These had three very beautiful daughters. *These is referring to the king and queen. quarum mairores natu, quamvis speciosae, idonee tamen celebrari poterant laudibus humanis; - ANSWER-of which the greater ones by birth, although beautiful, nevertheless were able to be celebrated suitably by human praises. **They're very beautiful but human praise is enough to establish how beautiful they are. at puellae iunioris tam praecipua, tam praeclara pulchritudo nec exprimi nec satis laudari sermone humano poterat. - ANSWER-but so outstanding, so famous the beauty of the younger girl was able neither to be expressed not to be praised sufficiently with human speech. **puellae iunoris is genitive; praecipua and praeclara modify pulchritudo multi cives multique advenae, quos tam pulchri spectaculi rumor ducebat, formositatem eius stupide admirabantur et eam ut ipsam deam Venerem veneabantur. - ANSWER-many citizens and many foreigners, whom the rumor of so beautiful spectacle was leading, admired her beauty foolishly and venerated/worshiped her as the goddess Venus herself. **cause problems with Venus; eam is "her" iamque proximas civitates haec fama pervaserat: - ANSWER-and now this reputation had spread to the nearest city-states 'aut dea quam caerulum profundum maris peperit inter homines conversatur aut Venus alia in terris nata est.' - AN