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What is a chiasmus and what is its purpose?

A chiasmus is a literary technique where concepts or grammatical features are repeated but in reverse order. A simple way to remember it is A-B-B-A, just like the band! For example: (Aeneid VI.102) ut primum...
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Answered by Olivia C. • Latin tutor
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How do I approach a translation?

The first step is not to translate straight away. First, read any information given to you about the context of the passage. Next,take the passage a sentence at a time. Find the subject usually near the begi...
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Suggest a derivative from the Latin verb 'ambulare'.

There are multiple correct answers to this question. The translation of 'ambulare' from Latin is 'to walk'. Appropriate answers might therefore be 'amble' (to walk slowly), or 'ambulatory' (something related...
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Answered by Tilly B. • Latin tutor
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"The story of Echo and Narcissus is a love story." Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer

Echo and Narcissus is not a love story. Ovid may be known for his elegiacs on love and courtship, but it is in the Echo and Narcissus episode that his true penchant for sex, wit and amoral punishment come to...
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Answered by George F. • Latin tutor
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Caesaris uxor maritum suum multis cum precibus oravit ne in senatum eo die iniret. ille, tamen, cum timeret ne ignavus haberetur, consilium eius neglegere constituit. domo igitur egressus, Curiam intravit ubi a senatorum multitudine statim circumventus es

Translation: The wife of Caesar begged her husband with many prayers not to go into the senate on this day. That man however, since he feared that he would appear cowardly, decided to neglect the advice of h...
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Answered by Charli K. • Latin tutor
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