Unit 3 Essay Prep

Latin	English
575 Exarsere ignes animo; subit ira cadentem ulcisci patriam et sceleratas sumere poenas. “Scilicet haec Spartam incolumis patriasque Mycenas aspiciet, partoque ibit regina triumpho? Coniugiumque, domumque, patris, natosque videbit 580 Iliadum turba et Phrygiis comitata ministris? Occiderit ferro Priamus? Troia arserit igni? Dardanium totiens sudarit sanguine litus? Non ita. Namque etsi nullum memorabile nomen feminea in poena est, habet haec victoria laudem; 585 exstinxisse nefas tamen et sumpsisse merentes laudabor poenas.” Aeneid 2. 575-586	575 Fire blazed in my spirit; anger rose to avenge my fallen land, And to exact the punishment for her wickedness. “Shall she, unharmed, see Sparta again and her native Mycenae, And see her house and husband, parents and children, And go in the triumphant role of a queen, 580 Attended by a crowd of Trojan women and Phrygian servants? When Priam has been put to the sword? Troy consumed with fire? The Dardanian shore soaked again and again with blood? No. Though there’s no great glory in a woman’s punishment, And such conquest wins no praise, still I will be praised 585 For extinguishing wickedness and exacting well-earned punishment.” Aeneid 2: 575-586
456 “Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam? Funeris heu tibi causa fui? Per sidera iuro, per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, 460 invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi. Sed me iussa deum, quae nunc has ire per umbras, per loca senta situ cogunt noctemque profundam, imperiis egere suis; nec credere quivi hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem. 465 Siste gradum teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro. Quem fugis? Extremum fato quod te adloquor hoc est. Aeneid 6. 456-466	456 ‘Dido, unhappy spirit, was the news, that came to me of your death, true then, taking your life with a blade? Alas, was I the cause of your dying? I swear by the stars, by the gods above, by whatever truth may be in the depths 460 of the earth, I left your shores unwillingly, my queen. I was commanded by gods, who drove me by their decrees, that now force me to go among the shades, through places thorny with neglect, and deepest night: nor did I think my leaving there would ever bring such grief to you. Halt your footsteps and do not take yourself from my sight. What do you flee? This is the last speech with you that fate allows? Aeneid 6: 456-466

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575 Exarsere ignes animo; subit ira cadentem

ulcisci patriam et sceleratas sumere poenas.

“Scilicet haec Spartam incolumis patriasque Mycenas

aspiciet, partoque ibit regina triumpho?

Coniugiumque, domumque, patris, natosque videbit

580 Iliadum turba et Phrygiis comitata ministris?

Occiderit ferro Priamus? Troia arserit igni?

Dardanium totiens sudarit sanguine litus?

Non ita. Namque etsi nullum memorabile nomen

feminea in poena est, habet haec victoria laudem;

585 exstinxisse nefas tamen et sumpsisse merentes

laudabor poenas.”

Aeneid 2. 575-586

575 Fire blazed in my spirit; anger rose to avenge my fallen land,

And to exact the punishment for her wickedness.

“Shall she, unharmed, see Sparta again and her native Mycenae,

And see her house and husband, parents and children,

And go in the triumphant role of a queen,

580 Attended by a crowd of Trojan women and Phrygian servants?

When Priam has been put to the sword? Troy consumed with fire?

The Dardanian shore soaked again and again with blood?

No. Though there’s no great glory in a woman’s punishment,

And such conquest wins no praise, still I will be praised

585 For extinguishing wickedness and exacting well-earned punishment.”

Aeneid 2: 575-586

456 “Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo

venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam?

Funeris heu tibi causa fui? Per sidera iuro,

per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est,

460 invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.

Sed me iussa deum, quae nunc has ire per umbras,

per loca senta situ cogunt noctemque profundam,

imperiis egere suis; nec credere quivi

hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem.

465 Siste gradum teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro.

Quem fugis? Extremum fato quod te adloquor hoc est.

Aeneid 6. 456-466

456 ‘Dido, unhappy spirit, was the news, that came to me

of your death, true then, taking your life with a blade?

Alas, was I the cause of your dying? I swear by the stars,

by the gods above, by whatever truth may be in the depths

460 of the earth, I left your shores unwillingly, my queen.

I was commanded by gods, who drove me by their decrees,

that now force me to go among the shades, through places

thorny with neglect, and deepest night: nor did I think

my leaving there would ever bring such grief to you.

Halt your footsteps and do not take yourself from my sight.

What do you flee? This is the last speech with you that fate allows?

Aeneid 6: 456-466

Prompt: Aeneas see Helen in passage A and Dido in passage B. In a well developed essay, analyze Aeneas’ reactions to these encounters.

Claim: While each passage is emotionally charged and Aeneas is self-perceived as the protagonist in both, his reaction to Helen is one fueled by personal and national revenge, while his encounter with Dido is laced with regret and a conflict of duty.