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"Metamorphoses Heroides"
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220 points for entire Activity
Story translation = 200 pts
Exercise total = 20 pts
(Read the background and translate the story into English -200 pts)
Background: Rome's
all-round favorite poet, Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - ca. 17
A.D.) endeared himself to the reading public with his bestseller,
the Metamorphoses, which retell the familiar myths of
Greece. Although Ovid died in exile on the coast of the Black Sea
after offending the emperor Augustus, he is remembered as a
winsome, life-loving writer during the early years of the empire.
The poem from Book VIII of the Metamorphoses
narrates the familiar tale of Daedalus and Icarus, the first
human beings who could fly.
Miser ab patria
sua, Daedalus inventor in Creta
Habitavit. Mare undique erat. Clamavit,
"Mihi caelum apertum est! Domum
procedo."
In alis pennas posuit filo et cera.
Alis fortibus Daedalus volare
Potuit. Tum Icarum filium docuit. |
undique
- on all sides
apertum - open
domum - home
alis - wings
pennas - feathers
filo - twine
cera - wax
volare - fly
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"Icare, in
medio aere remane. Nec altissimo,
Nec humillimo. Et mecum vola." Alas duas
posuit.
In umeris pueri. Filium suum pater osculavit.
Primo, Daedalus in aerem volavit. Deinde Icarus.
Signum dedit, "Tempta, Icare. Mecum vola."
In caelum caeruleum puerum duxit. |
aere
- air
Nec altissimo - not too high
Nec humillimo - not too low
umeris - shoulders
osculavit - kissed
tempta - try
caeruleum - blue
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Piscatores spectaverunt.
Pastor eos vidit;
Agricola quoque. Spectaculum mirum erat!
Omnes putaverunt, "Suntne dei?" Trans Samum,
Delum, Parum sinistra parte. Ad Lebinthum dextra.
Puer volare amavit et verba patris non
Memoria omnino tenuit. |
piscatores -
fishermen
pastor - shepherd
quoque - also
spectaculum - sight
mirum - wonderful
non omnino - not at all
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In caelum vastum, altius,
altius volavit,
Propius solem. Cera in calore terribili dissolvit.
Aerem pulsavit, sed nihil tenuit.
"Pater", vocavit
Icarus. "Pater." In mare obscurum puer cecidit.
Icare, ubi es?" Daedalus vocavit identidem.
Alas
Vacuas in aqua vidit. Et terra pro Icaro nominata
est. |
vastum - broad
altius - higher
propius - nearer
calore - heat
dissolvit - melted
pulsavit - beat
obscurum - dark
cecidit - fell
identidem - again and again
vacuas - empty
nominata est - was named |
These stories are from AUCTORES LATINI by Mary
Ellen Snodgrass and are quoted by courtesy of AMSCO SCHOOL
PUBLICATIONS, INC., 315 HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1085,
tel. 1 (800) 969-8398, FAX l (212) 675-7010 "AMSCO'S website
can be visited at www.amscopub.com."
Exercises
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| A. |
Match the Latin words in the left column with
the English meanings of their root words.
10 pts (Example: The root word of advenio means com)
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_______1. identidem
_______2. humillimo
_______3. spectaculum
_______4. dissolvit
_______5. altius
_______6. procedo
_______7. reman
_______8. piscatores
_______9. omnino
_______10. patria
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a. low
b. stay
c. give
d. made
e. saved
f. high
g. learned
h. look
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i. loosen
j. left
k. yield
l. father
m. fish
n. same
o. allow
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| B. |
Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct
answer in the blank: 10 pts |
______1.
altissimo
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a. highly
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b. higher
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c. very
high
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d. rather
high
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______2.
altius
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a. highly
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b. higher
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c. too high
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d. very high
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______3. humillimo
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a. lowly
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b. lower
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c. too low
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d. very low
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______4. propius
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a. nearly
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b. nearer
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c. too near
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d. very near
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______5. miser
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a. sad
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b. sadder
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c. rather sad
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d. saddest
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______6. omnino
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a. all
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b. every
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c. each
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d. at all
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______7. vastus
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a. open
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b. enormous
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c. widely
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d. blue
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______8. nominata est
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a. was named
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b. had named
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c. names
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d. has been naming
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______9. identidem
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a. repeatedly
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b. the same
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c. exactly
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d. likewise
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______10. procedo
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a. I went
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b. I was going
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c. I am going
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d. we are going
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