Key Terms

Question 1

What is piety towards fathers called ?

Answer 1

Filial piety

Question 2

What is piety towards religion called ?

Answer 2

Religious piety

Question 3

What is it called when there is a list of three things?

Answer 3

A tri colon

Question 4

What is it called when it is like or as ?

Answer 4

A simile

Question 5

What is the technique called which focuses on sounds ?

Answer 5

Aural imagery

Question 6

What is duty towards country called?

Answer 6

Pietas- highlights patriotism and is a cornerstone of Roman heroism

Question 7

What is the difference in emotion between Roman and Greek heroes ?

Answer 7

Stoicism- Roman heroes often embrace hardship and typically are less captivated by emotion

Greek heroes such as Odysseus and Achilles often are overwhelmed by emotion

If Virgil talks about Aeneas being less emotionless or embracing struggle he is emphasising his stoicism (admirable quality for a Roman hero)

Question 8

What is it called when a Roman hero is overcome by emotion?

Answer 8

furror- anti Roman hero who are supposed to emplify a more reasonable and controlled approach

Typically this is done to highlight Aeneas’ struggle to embrace the Roman civic code as he forms into a Roman hero (Bk.3 +bk.1)

Question 9

What is it called when Virgil highlights the physical pain of a character?

Answer 9

Physical suffering

Can also be emotional suffering

Question 10

What is it called when a character is given a brief term before their name?

Answer 10

An epithet

Question 11

Why might it be important to reference other heroes for Virgil?

Answer 11

To highlight Aeneas’s categorization as a hero perhaps emphasising his status as being above or equal to these heroes

Question 12

What is it called when a hero is refenced in relation to father?

Answer 12

A patronymic

Question 13

What is it called when the weather matches the mood?

Answer 13

Pathetic fallacy

Question 14

What is it called when nature is described?

Answer 14

Pastoral imagery

Question 15

What is a long descriptive passage called?

Answer 15

An ekphrasis

Question 16

What it is called when a word or sentence ect is repeated?

Answer 16

repetition

Question 17

What is it called when there are short sentences?

Answer 17

Emphatic short sentence

Question 18

What is it called when imagery describes place where dead are buried ?

Answer 18

sepulchral imagery

Question 19

What is it called when something is given human features?

Answer 19

Personification

Question 20

What is the Roman value of mercy?

Answer 20

Clementia- mercy/ compassion

Question 21

What is the term for imagery describing body parts?

Answer 21

Anatomical imagery