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vix e conspectu Siculae telluris in
altum vela dabant laeti et spumas
salis aere ruebant, cum Iuno
aeternum servans sub pectore
vulnus
haec secum: ‘mene incepto desistere victam
nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem!’ 5
Virgil, Aeneid 1, lines 34–38
(a) vix … ruebant (lines 1–2):
(i) where were Aeneas and his fleet at this point?
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(ii) pick out and translate the Latin word which tells us how the Trojans were feeling.
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(b) aeternum … vulnus (line 3): what were Juno’s feelings towards the Trojans?
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(c) Italia … regem (line 5): what would Juno like to do?
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‘Pallasne exurere
classem Argivum atque ipsos potuit
summergere ponto unius ob noxam et
furias Aiacis Oilei?’
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Virgil, Aeneid 1, lines 39–41
What two things does Juno say Pallas (the goddess Athena) was able to do when
Ajax offended her?
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‘ipsa Iovis rapidum iaculata e nubibus ignem
disiecitque rates evertitque aequora ventis,
illum exspirantem transfixo pectore flammas
turbine corripuit scopuloque infixit acuto.’
Translation:
‘She herself, having hurled Jupiter’s swift lightning from the clouds, both scattered the
boats and churned up the seas with winds; as for Ajax, as he breathed out flames from his
pierced chest, she snatched him up in a whirlwind and impaled him on a pointed rock.’
Virgil, Aeneid 1, lines 42–45
How does Virgil, by his style of writing, emphasise the power of Pallas Athena?
Make two points, each referring to the Latin.
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sed pater omnipotens speluncis abdidit atris hoc
metuens molemque et montes insuper altos
imposuit, regemque dedit qui foedere certo et
premere et laxas sciret dare iussus habenas.
Virgil, Aeneid 1, lines 60–63
How do these lines show that Jupiter went to a lot of trouble to keep the winds under control?
Make three points.
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