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Lines 1.13-1.22
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two 1.13-22
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Bonus: My child, Dionysus, was saved by this god, who sewed him into Zeus' thigh until he was ready to be born. Hermes.
8. If we wanted to say in Latin "I ran in order that no one might catch me" we would use ne quis, a negative ut clause of purpose. But what would we use if we wanted to express in this sentence a negative ut clause of result? Ut nemo /nullus
Bonus: Again, if we wanted to say in Latin "I was mean to them in order that they would never return" we would use ne umquam to express that negative clause of purpose. How about a negative result? Ut numquam.
9. We know about the major priesthoods of Rome: the pontifices, the augures, and the like. But Rome had during the republic a number of secondary religious groups charged with performing specific rituals. Name two of these groups. Fetiales, Salii, Luperci, Fratres Arvales.
Bonus: Name one other.
10. A palladium was a miraculous guardian statue and almost every city had one. Who was depicted by the palladium of Troy, which they say had fallen from the sky and which safeguarded the city? Athena.
Bonus: What two stories are told about the fate of Troy's palladium ? It was carried by Aneas to Italy /It was stolen by the Greeks.
11. Translate this sentence: "Let's live in the country". Habitemus (vivamus) ruri.
Bonus: Now make the sentence negative. Ne habitemus (vivamus) ruri.
12. Who am I? Zeus formed me from a cloud in order to trick Ixion, who wished to seduce Hera. After accomplishing that purpose, I become the wife of Athamus and had two children, Phrixus and Helle. Nephele.