Prose Comp mistakes

Because Ceyx wanted to find out what had happened to his brother, he decided to sail to Delphi to consult the god.

Ceyx, quod cognoscere volebat quid fratri accidisset, Delphos constuit navigare ut deum consuleret.

• no ‘ad' before Delphos small town/island. Acc of Limit of Motion.

• accidere + dat (happens TO someone)

• constituo + infin

Having embraced his wife Layone, who begged him not to leave her, he was eager to carry out his plan.

uxorem Alcyonen amplexus, quae eum oravit ne se relinqueret, avidus erat consilii efficiendi.

• even if ‘who’, needs to be right gender

• do not add unnecessary ‘eius'

“Do not be upset by my plan, my wife:” he replied, “I would not be going away if I thought that the journey was dangerous.”

“Many ships have been lost on the sea, and there is a danger that I will never see you again,” complained Alcyone.

“multae naves in mari perditae sunt, et periculum est ne te numquam iterum videam,” Alcyone questa est.

• ‘mare’ ends in a VOWEL: ‘e' so abl sg ends in ‘i'.

• there is a danger LEST I might never see you again.

Afterwards, when his ship was destroy in a storm and Ceyx died, the gods pitied Alcyone for loving her husband too much.

postea, nave deleta in tempestate et Ceyce mortuo, deos miseruit Alcyonis ob nimis _____ mariti.

• RTQ: DESTROYED not LOST

• miserere + acc + gen; no nom. ppl pitying = Acc. one pitied = Gen.

They pushed his body to the shore, hoping that Alcyone would be the first to catch sight of him and embrace him.

eius corpus ad litus pepulerunt, sperantes Alcyonen primam eum conspecturam esse et ______ esse.

• litus is NEUTER3, remember Nom, Acc, Voc are the same.