Quārta · Unit 1 · Lesson 4
Letters 6.16.12–16: calm at Stabiae
At Pomponianus’s house the admiral bathes, dines and sleeps, and in the morning they choose between falling roofs and falling stones.
You will be able to
- Read Letters 6.16.12–16 in extracts
- Recognize chiasmus and a purpose clause
- Explain what the calm details are for
New words
- somnus, somnī, m. sleep
- timor, timōris, m. fear
- ratiō, ratiōnis, f. reason, reasoning
- cēna, cēnae, f. dinner