Archive for November, 2012
9–30: Sister Act I: Dido’s Address to Anna
24. Outline the structure of Dido’s speech. What devices does Virgil use to mark the different segments? 25. Compare and contrast Virgil’s account of Dido’s condition in lines 1–8 with Dido’s own account in lines 9–30. 26. Sketch the thought-process that Dido goes through while talking to her sister. Why does she burst out in […]
1–8: Sleepless in Carthage
5. The first word of Book 4 is the adversative particle at. Why does this surprise? What does Virgil achieve with this opening gambit? 6. The second word of Book 4 is the programmatic regina. What are the characteristics of a good monarch? Do the same criteria of excellence apply to kings and queens or […]
Avant Propos: The Set Text and the Aeneid
1. Would you start reading a novel with Chapter 4? To what extent, do you think, will your understanding and appreciation of the set text be compromised if you do not read the first three books (in English) first? (As Henderson puts it: ‘Everyone should ask how come they’re starting with Chapter 4 of a […]
Latin Text
At regina graui iamdudum saucia cura uulnus alit uenis et caeco carpitur igni. multa uiri uirtus animo multusque recursat gentis honos; haerent infixi pectore uultus uerbaque nec placidam membris dat cura quietem. 5 postera Phoebea lustrabat lampade terras umentemque Aurora polo dimouerat umbram, cum sic unanimam adloquitur male sana sororem: ‘Anna soror, quae me suspensam […]
Preface
For the years 2013–2015, lines 1–299 of Aeneid 4 form part of the OCR Latin A-Level specifications. According to the current Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, students are thus able to enjoy a portion of ‘the best book of the best poem of the best poet’![1] One can see where Johnson is coming from, not […]
OpenBook Publishers
Open Book Publishers CIC Ltd., 40 Devonshire Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BL, United Kingdom http://www.openbookpublishers.com © Ingo Gildenhard This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 unported license available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ As with all Open Book Publishers titles, digital material and resources associated with this volume are available from our website: http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product.php/96/7 ISBN […]
Acknowledgements
I am most grateful to Open Book Publishers, in particular Rupert Gatti and Alessandra Tosi. They gave their enthusiastic support when I approached them with the idea for this project earlier this year and showed remarkable patience when the typescript took longer to materialize than initially anticipated. John Henderson read a draft version of the […]