Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Drama and Tension
- 176-196
- 'sua deus fit dira cupido?'
- 'terrible desire become a god for him?'
- Famous dilemna
- foreshadows the lead up to E's death
- highlights futility of war
- '(nam mihi facti/ fama sat est)'
- '(for the glory of the deed is enough for me)'
- wise words
- Ironic: N gains glory but for being a good friend not warrior
- 'et iuxta'
- two heroes put alongside each other
- powerful imagery
- 'and next to him'
- 308-323
- 'a tergo'
- 'from behind'
- start of line
- Emphatic positioning
- danger is everywhere
- 'uotis'
- 'with prayers'
- Ablative emphasizes the need for hope
- not knowing what will happen
- 'lora rotasque... arma'
- 'the leather harnesses and wheels... weapons'
- Tricolon
- makes spoils seem tempting
- 'nubibus inrita donant'
- 'and offered them meaningless to the clouds'
- inevitable failure
- religious imagery
- Gods are not on their side
- 339-356
- 'Fadumque Herbesumque... Rhoetumque Abarimque'
- 'Fadus and Herbesus, and Rhoetus and Abaris'
- Polyptoton
- emphasize E's berzerk
- loses importance for them: meaningless names
- 'deficere extremum'
- 'at the edge flicker'
- peaceful imagery
- N sees the light?
- minute detail
- adds to the tension
- 'lux inimica propinquat'
- 'enemy light is drawing close'
- Emphatic positioning
- end of line
- present participle
- ongoing problem
- 367-445
- 'ter centum'
- 'three hundred'
- Emphatic positioning
- emphasize large, strong opponent
- start of line
- 'galea Euryalum... /prodidit immemorem'
- 'the helmet betrayed the unrealising Euryalus'
- Personification
- ominous
- Accusative: 'Euryalum'
- E is no longer in charge of his actions
- Emphatic positioning
- emphasize personification
- 'hinc atque hinc'
- 'On this side and that'
- Repetition
- emphasize sticky situation
- 'fallit... timor'
- 'fear deceived him'
- Personification
- emphasizes youth + inexperience
- ominous
- nature vs man
- 'iamque imprudens euaserat'
- 'and now unawares he had escaped the enemy'
- Plethora
- repetition of vowel sounds
- depicts N's confusion
- limited sounds
- nothing can be done
- N is a natural warior