Monday, June 17, 2013

Vergil's metaphor

I was doing some research trying to find articles about the comparison of Juno and Dido and I came across this article that argues that Vergil uses death as a imagery for Dido's love and then he uses love as a imagery for Dido's death, thought I'd share...

Love as Death: The Pivoting Metaphor in Vergil's story of Dido
by: Richard F. Moorton, Jr.

http://www.jstor.org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/stable/4350597?seq=1


Monday, June 10, 2013

Storm Vocabulary: The Aeneid

spuma, ae, f. - foam, froth, spray
nubes, is, f. - cloud, mist, fog
rapidus, a, um - swift, whirling, consuming
scopulus, i, m. - rock, crag, cliff
turbo, inis, m. - whirlpool, storm
Aeolus, i, m. - God of the Winds
Auster, tri, m. - South wind
murmur, uris, n. - roar, rumble
nimbus, i, m.- storm cloud, rainstorm
sonorus, a, um - roaring howling
tempestas, atis, f. - tempest, storm
fluctus
profundus, a, um - deep, high, vast
Africus, i, m.- Southwest wind
Eurus, i, m. - East wind
Notus, i, m. - South wind
perflo (1st decl.) - blow over, through
procella, ae, f. - blast, gust
intono, are, ui - thunder, roar
Aquilo, onis, m. - North wind
iacto (1st decl.) - toss
aestus, us, m. - boiling surge, tide
inlido, ere, si, sus - dash against
vadum, i, n. - shallow, shoal
vertex, icis, m. - peak, summit, whirlpool
gurges, itis, m. - abyss, gulf, whirlpool
hiems, emis, f. - winter, storm
imber, bris, m. - rain, flood, water
voro (1st decl.) - swallow up

Ship Vocabulary: The Aeneid

ratis, is, f. - raft, ship
navigo, are, avi, atus - sail, navigate
latus, eris, n. - side, flank
prora, prorae, f. - prow
dorsum, i n. - back, ridge, reef
rima, ae, f. - crack
tabula, ae, f. - plank
puppis, is f. - stern, ship, vessel
portus, us, m. - port, harbor
navis, is, f. - boat, ship
remus, i, m. - oar

Oilean Ajax, not the other one

I did a little research on Oilean Ajax to help me better separate the two:

Oilean Ajax: son of Oileus who was king of a place called Locris
                     wife was named Eriopis
Oilean Ajax led 40 ships during the Trojan war and fights along the other Ajax in the Iliad (as if it wasn't confusing enough).

Lost to Odysseus in a running race at Patroclus' funeral. Rapes Cassandra and Odysseus wants him to pay. Athena attempts to kills him, but he ends up on an island and Poseidon comes along and finishes the job.

Poetry Terms and Their Definitions: Lesson 2

hendiadys: the expression of an idea with two words usually connected with and, instead of an independent word plus a modifier

prolepsis: speaking of something in the future as though it has already happened

Lesson 2: Book 1: Lines 34-80