Orpheus And Eurydice
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  1. In line 8, what is the case and case use of auspicio? 
  2. what poetic device is present in lines 4 and 5? 
  3. what poetic device is Ovid using in line 13? 
  4.  what is special about "sic ait" in line 17? 
  5. why is viderem, line 20, in the subjunctive? 
  6. what is the poetic device used in line 22? 
  7. why is pati, line 25, in the infinitive?
  8. why is Orpheus using so many infinitives in line 25? 
  9. vicit Amor. supera deus hic bene notus in ora est. Scan this line. Why is Orpheus talking like this? 
  10. in line 30, why is silentia plural? 
  11. In line 31, Ovid is recalling the myth of the Fates, weaving the tapestry of a person's life from birth to death. How does that relate to Orpheus' speech?
  12. what is the case and case use of generis, line 35? 
  13. line 27, why is sit in the subjunctive? 
  14. what poetic device is used in the purpose clause ne non temptaret? 
  15. what is umbras referring to? line 12.  


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