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What is the significance of Dido being compared to a 'Thyiad'?
It emphasizes her wild, frenzied emotional state, similar to followers of Bacchus.
What does Dido's mention of 'data dextera' imply about Roman values?
It highlights the importance of pledged hands and keeping promises.
What does Aeneas's use of 'Elissa' suggest?
It acknowledges Dido's past and their connection, while still creating distance.
What does the reference to sailing in winter reveal about Roman attitudes towards the sea?
It shows the dangers and unpredictability associated with winter voyages.
What role does Fama play in this passage?
Fama (Rumor) spreads the news of Aeneas's departure, fueling Dido's anger and paranoia.
What is the significance of Dido's reference to a 'marriage' with Aeneas?
Highlights the broken trust and the violation of sacred bonds in her eyes.
What does Dido's concern for her reputation reveal about Carthaginian society?
It shows the importance of honor and public perception in Carthaginian culture.
What does Aeneas's focus on duty reveal about Roman values?
It highlights the importance of fulfilling one's destiny and obligations to the state.
What is the significance of Dido's suicide threat?
It shows the depth of her despair and the tragic consequences of Aeneas's departure.
Explain the cultural context of marriage torches ('taedas') in ancient Rome.
Marriage torches symbolized the beginning of a new life and the establishment of a household.
What is the significance of Dido's Phoenician heritage (Elissa)?
It emphasizes her foreign identity and the clash between Carthaginian and Roman cultures.
Explain the case and use of 'vocibus' in line 297.
Ablative of means, showing how Dido addresses Aeneas.
Identify the mood and tense of 'sperasti' in line 297.
Indicative, perfect tense.
What type of verb is 'decฤdere' and what does it mean?
Infinitive, 'to depart'.
What is the grammatical function of 'moritura' in line 299?
Future active participle modifying Dido.
What is the case and number of 'Aquilonibus'?
Ablative plural.
What is the tense and mood of 'peteres' in line 302?
Imperfect subjunctive.
What is the grammatical function of 'enumerare' in line 334?
Present active infinitive.
What is the case and use of 'rei' in line 336?
Genitive of respect.
Identify the mood and tense of 'speravi' in line 337.
Perfect indicative.
What is the grammatical function of 'abscondere' in line 337?
Present active infinitive.
What is the mood and tense of 'finge' in line 338?
Present imperative.
What is the case and number of 'taedas'?
Accusative plural.
What is the meaning of 'perfide'?
'Oathbreaker', 'traitor'.
What is the meaning of 'dissimulare'?
'To conceal', 'to hide'.
What is the meaning of 'nefas'?
'Wickedness', 'crime', 'outrage'.
What is the meaning of 'tacitus'?
'Silent', 'unspoken'.
What is the meaning of 'Aquilonibus'?
'North winds'.
What is the meaning of 'altum'?
'The deep sea', 'the open sea'.
What is the meaning of 'arva aliena'?
'Foreign fields', 'alien lands'.
What is the meaning of 'foedera'?
'Agreements', 'treaties', 'bonds'.
What is the meaning of 'taedas'?
'Marriage torches'.
What is the meaning of 'fando'?
'By speaking', 'by saying'.
What is the meaning of 'promeritam'?
'Deserved', 'merited'.
What is the meaning of 'Elissae'?
Dido's Phoenician name.