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23rd Sydney Latin Summer School, 2017 University of Sydney, January 16-20, 2017 Level 3A ii Instructors: Caroline Brehaut and Anthony Gibbins
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23rd Sydney Latin Summer School, 2017
University of Sydney, January 16-20, 2017
Level 3A ii
Instructors: Caroline Brehaut and Anthony Gibbins
The 23rd Latin Summer School 2017 Level 3A
Ovid’s Met
Deucalion & Pyrrha
Instructors: Anthony Gibbins & Caroline Brehaut
Met. 1. 1-4
1 In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas
corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas)
adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi
ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen!
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Met. 1. 348-357
redditus orbis erat; quem postquam vidit inanem
et desolatas agere alta silentia terras,
350 Deucalion lacrimis ita Pyrrham adfatur obortis:
'o soror, o coniunx, o femina sola superstes,
quam commune mihi genus et patruelis origo,
deinde torus iunxit, nunc ipsa pericula iungunt.
terrarum, quascumque vident occasus et ortus,
355 nos duo turba sumus; possedit cetera pontus.
haec quoque adhuc vitae non est fiducia nostrae
certa satis; terrent etiam nunc nubila mentem.’
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1. Draw a family tree indicating the relationship between Deucalion
and Pyrrha.
2. Find examples of tricolon, anaphora, asyndeton, polyptoton and
chiasmus in this passage and list them below.
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Met. 1. 358-362
‘quis tibi, si sine me fatis erepta fuisses,
nunc animus, miseranda, foret? quo sola timorem
360 ferre modo posses? quo consolante doleres!
namque ego (crede mihi), si te quoque pontus haberet,
te sequerer, coniunx, et me quoque pontus haberet.’
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Met. 1. 363-366
‘o utinam possim populos reparare paternis
artibus atque animas formatae infundere terrae!
365 nunc genus in nobis restat mortale duobus.
sic visum superis: hominumque exempla manemus.'
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Find examples of the following in these passages. If relevant, note
the effect:
tricolon:
polyptoton:
asyndeton:
ablative absolute:
conditional sentence:
main clause subjunctive:
gerundive:
Met. 1. 367-374
dixerat, et flebant: placuit caeleste precari
numen et auxilium per sacras quaerere sortes.
nulla mora est: adeunt pariter Cephesidas undas,
370 ut nondum liquidas, sic iam vada nota secantes.
inde ubi libatos inroravere liquores
vestibus et capiti, flectunt vestigia sanctae
ad delubra deae, quorum fastigia turpi
pallebant musco stabantque sine ignibus arae.
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1. To what does Cephisidas refer?
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2. What steps do Deucalion and Pyrrha take in this passage? Look at
the diction here: what sort of impression of Deucalion and Pyrrha is
being built up?
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3. What case is musco (l. 374) and why?
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Met. 1. 375-380
375 ut templi tetigere gradus, procumbit uterque
pronus humi gelidoque pavens dedit oscula saxo
atque ita 'si precibus' dixerunt 'numina iustis
victa remollescunt, si flectitur ira deorum,
dic, Themi, qua generis damnum reparabile nostri
380 arte sit, et mersis fer opem, mitissima, rebus!'
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1. To which deity do Deucalion and Pyrrha pray? What is the
substance of their prayer?
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2. Parse parvens (l. 376)
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3. What case is gelido… saxo and why? (l. 376)
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4. Why are sit and fer subjunctive (l. 380)?
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Met. 1. 381-389
mota dea est sortemque dedit: 'discedite templo
et velate caput cinctasque resolvite vestes
ossaque post tergum magnae iactate parentis!'
obstupuere diu: rumpitque silentia voce
385 Pyrrha prior iussisque deae parere recusat,
detque sibi veniam pavido rogat ore pavetque
laedere iactatis maternas ossibus umbras.
interea repetunt caecis obscura latebris
verba datae sortis secum inter seque volutant.
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1. Explain the case of templo (l. 381).
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2. What are the orders given by the oracle? What reaction does
Deucalion and Pyrrha have to these orders? Quote from the Latin to
support your answer.
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3. Parse det (l. 386) and explain the use of the subjunctive here.
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4. Explain the case of latebris (l. 388)
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Met. 1. 390-397
390 inde Promethides placidis Epimethida dictis
mulcet et 'aut fallax' ait 'est sollertia nobis,
aut (pia sunt nullumque nefas oracula suadent!)
magna parens terra est: lapides in corpore terrae
ossa reor dici; iacere hos post terga iubemur.'
395 coniugis augurio quamquam Titania mota est,
spes tamen in dubio est: adeo caelestibus ambo
diffidunt monitis; sed quid temptare nocebit?
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1. What case is Promethides? What type of word is it? To whom does
it refer? What is the impact of using Promethides rather than the
characters actual name?
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2. As above with Epimethida.
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3. Explain the case of placidis…dictis.
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4. Explain the case of nobis (l. 391)
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5. What explanation does Deucalion come up with regarding the
oracle?
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Met. 1. 398-402
descendunt: velantque caput tunicasque recingunt
et iussos lapides sua post vestigia mittunt.
400 saxa (quis hoc credat, nisi sit pro teste vetustas?)
ponere duritiem coepere suumque rigorem
mollirique mora mollitaque ducere formam.
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1. Parse credat and sit, and explain the use of the subjunctives.
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2. What image is conjured of the physical action of Deucalion and
Pyrrha in lines 398-399? Quote the Latin.
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3. What set of contrasts does Ovid build in lines 401-402? Quote the
Latin. What therefore is the central puzzle of this metamorphosis?
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Met. 1. 403-408
mox ubi creverunt naturaque mitior illis
contigit, ut quaedam, sic non manifesta videri
405 forma potest hominis, sed uti de marmore coepta
non exacta satis rudibusque simillima signis,
quae tamen ex illis aliquo pars umida suco
et terrena fuit, versa est in corporis usum;
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Met. 1. 409-415
quod solidum est flectique nequit, mutatur in ossa,
410 quae modo vena fuit, sub eodem nomine mansit,
inque brevi spatio superorum numine saxa
missa viri manibus faciem traxere virorum
et de femineo reparata est femina iactu.
inde genus durum sumus experiensque laborum
415 et documenta damus qua simus origine nati.
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1. How does Ovid account for this metamorphosis? Give details.
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2. Write out and scan ll.363-6 and 408-415
3. What picture does Ovid present of the relationship between
Deucalion and Pyrrha, and how does he do it?
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