Quārta · Unit 3 · Lesson 5
Aeneid 1.102–107: a mountain of water
Six lines of shipwreck in sound and meter: the gale screams, oars snap, and a sheer wall of sea crashes down.
You will be able to
- Read Aeneid 1.102–107
- Recognize hyperbole, elision and a one-syllable line ending
- Explain how sound fits sense
New words
- flūctus, flūctūs, m. wave
- unda, undae, f. wave; water
- latus, lateris, n. side, flank
- frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctum to break, shatter