05.06.25: Level 3; Ritchie; Fābulae Facilēs; Perseus [1]: Fīlius Iovis

The listening exercises are at the end of every post, but if you want to watch the YouTube originals, I have given the links at the start of each section.

Listen to the recording without looking at the transcript and answer the questions.

appellō, -ere, -pulī, -pulsus [3]: drive

arca, -ae [1/f]: chest; box

comprehendō, -ere, -dī, -sus [3]: seize

harēna, -ae [1/f]: sand

inclūdō, -ere, -ūsī, -ūsus [3]: shut in

nepōs, nepōtis [3/m]: [i] (here) grandson; [ii] descendant

quiētem capiō, -ere, cēpī [3-iō]: take a rest

reperiō, -īre, repperī, repertus [3-iō]: find

sēdēs, -is [3/f]: abode, home

sinus, -ūs [4/m]: lap, bosom

turbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: disturb

[A] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cxdXoQfaYo

[Haec nārrantur ā poētīs dē Perseō. Perseus fīlius erat Iovis, maximī deōrum; avus eius Ācrisius appellābātur. Ācrisius volēbat Perseum nepōtem suum necāre; nam propter ōrāculum puerum timēbat. Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhūc īnfantem, et cum mātre in arcā ligneā inclūsit. Tum arcam ipsam in mare coniēcit. Danae, Perseī māter, magnopere territa est; tempestās enim magna mare turbābat. Perseus autem in sinū mātris dormiēbat.]

[i] How do we know about Perseus? (1)

[ii] Give two pieces of information about Jupiter. (2)

[iii] Who was Acrisius? (1)

[iv] What did Acrisius want to do and why? (3)

[v] Why does the passage refer to a wooden chest? (2)

[vi] What did Acrisius do with the chest? (1)

[vii] Who was Danae? (1)

[viii] How did she feel and why? (3)

[ix] What did Perseus do? (2)

[B] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQidM5c3j8o

[Iuppiter tamen haec omnia vīdit, et fīlium suum servāre cōnstituit. Tranquillum igitur fēcit mare, et arcam ad īnsulam Serīphum perdūxit. Huius īnsulae Polydectēs tum rēx erat. Postquam arca ad lītus appulsa est, Danae in harēnā quiētem capiēbat. Post breve tempus ā piscātōre quōdam reperta est, et ad domum rēgis Polydectis adducta est. Ille mātrem et puerum benignē excēpit, et eīs sēdem tūtam in fīnibus suīs dedit. Danae hoc dōnum libenter accēpit, et prō tantō beneficiō rēgī grātiās ēgit.]

[i] What decision did Jupiter make? (1)

[ii] What did he do to the sea? (1)

[iii] What did he do with the chest? (1)

[iv] Who was Polydectes? (2)

[v] What did Danae when the chest reached the shore? (2)

[vi] When did the fisherman find her? (1)

[vii] Where did he take her? (1)

[viii] How did Polydectes receive them? (1)

[ix] What did he give them? (2)

[x] How did Danae react to this offer? (3)

[C] Review passive forms:

Find the Latin either by listening or from the transcript:

[i] His grandfather was called

[ii] She was found ¦ by a fisherman

[iii] She was led (to the house)

[iv] She was terrified

[v] The chest was driven to the shore

[vi] These things are told ¦ by the poets