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Lines 1.168-1.178
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.168-178
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16) Toss-Up: What is the difference in meaning between tamen and tandem ? TAMEN -"HOWEVER" and TANDEM -"AT LAST, FINALLY"
Bonus: If the main clause of a Latin sentence contains tamen ,how do you translate the cum in the subordinate clause? "ALTHOUGH"
17) Toss-Up: What is the name for a tomb which holds many funeral urns? COLUMBARIUM
Bonus: At what place in Rome would a person be cremated? USTRINA
18) Toss-Up: The poet Martial wrote in his Epigrams: "Let there be Maecenases. . . and Vergils will not be lacking." Why was Maecenas important to Vergil? PATRON OF THE ARTS/FINANCIAL BACKER
Bonus: Maecenas was said to have inspired what work by Vergil? GEORGICS
19) Toss-Up: Name four of the seven ancient wonders of the world. 1) PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT/GIZA; 2) PHAROS/ LIGHTHOUSE AT ALEXANDRIA; 3) HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON; 4) TEMPLE OF DIANA/ARTEMIS AT EPHESOS; 5) STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA (BY PHIDIAS); 6) MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS; 7) COLOSSUS OF RHODES
Bonus: Name the other three. [SEE ABOVE]
20) Toss-Up: In Catullus' Carmen 34, he writes: Tu Lucina dolentibus/ Iuno dicta puerperis . Even though the poem is about Minerva, what power of Juno Lucina is being involved? CHILDBIRTH
Bonus: The stanza continues: Tu potens Trivia et notho es/ dicta lumine Luna . ? What other two attributes are being discussed here? CROSSROADS and CHILDBIRTH