Ulixēs cum comitibus ōlim ad īnsulam Aeaeam nāvigāvit: habitābat in eā īnsulā Circē, dea propter artem magicam nōtissima. Ulixēs prīmō in ōra manēbat, comitum nōnnūllōs in interiōrem partem īnsulae mīsit. Ex hīs Euryldechus sōlus ad ducem revertit. ‘Magnum nōs perīculum manet in hāc īnsulā,’ inquit; ‘vix ā tē discesserāmus ubi magnam domum in mediā silvā vīdimus: prope portās errābant multa animālia, neque tamen nōs oppugnābant. Tum domō excessit fēmina, vel dea, pulcherrima: verbīs nōs dulcibus compellāvit et cibum dedit: tum comitēs meōs repente virgā ferit et in suēs vertit. Ego sōlus domum nōn intrāveram, sōlus ad tē revertī.” Tum Ulixēs ad locum statim prōperāvit: occurrit in itinere Mercurius. ‘Frūstrā tū,’ inquit, ‘homō contrā deam pugnābis: meō tamen auxiliō incolumis eris. Tum herbam magicam dedit et multa monēbat. Itaque nōn sōlum sibi sed comitibus salūtem comparāvit: nam Circē frūstrā contrā Ulixem artēs exercuit et comitibus fōrmam hūmānam reddidit.
[1] Lines 1 – 4;
translate into English (15)*:
Ulixēs
cum comitibus ōlim ad īnsulam Aeaeam nāvigāvit: habitābat in eā īnsulā Circē,
dea propter artem magicam nōtissima. Ulixēs prīmō in ōra manēbat, comitum
nōnnūllōs in interiōrem partem īnsulae mīsit. Ex hīs Euryldechus sōlus ad ducem
revertit.
[2]
Lines 4 – 8 [Magnum … revertī] Complete this summary of the main points with a
single word for each blank (14):
[i]
There was a great __________ on this island.
[ii]
There was a large house in the __________ of the __________.
[iii]
Many __________ were __________ near the house but they did not __________.
[iv]
A very __________ woman or __________ came out of the house.
[v]
She addressed the men with __________ words and gave them __________.
[vi]
Circe turned the men into __________ with a __________.
[vii]
Euryldechus did not __________ the house and only Euryldechus _________.
[3]
Lines 8 – end [Tum Ulixēs … reddidit]
[i]
What did Ulysses immediately do? (1)
[ii]
Who did he meet on the way? (1)
[iii]
What is the meaning of frūstrā and why is it appropriate in the context
of lines 9 - 10? (2)
[iv]
meō tamen auxiliō incolumis eris
How
was Ulysses helped? (2)
[v]
How does the story end? Give details (5) [Itaque [i] nōn sōlum sibi ¦ [ii] sed
comitibus [iii] salūtem comparāvit: nam [iv] Circē frūstrā contrā Ulixem artēs
exercuit et [v] comitibus fōrmam hūmānam reddidit.]
[4]
Identify the case of the words in bold and explain why it is being used:
[i]
domō excessit fēmina
[ii]
verbīs nōs dulcibus compellāvit
[iii]
nōn sōlum sibi sed comitibus salūtem comparāvit
[4]
Identify the tenses of the verbs in bold and explain why it is being used:
vix
ā tē [i] discesserāmus ubi magnam domum in mediā silvā [ii] vīdimus:
prope portās [iii] errābant multa animālia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeaea
Map of Italy with Aeaea marked
south of Rome (Abraham Ortelius, 1624): Aeaea insula, quae Circes domicilium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe
"Circea" in Boccaccio's c. 1365 De Claris Mulieribus, a catalogue of famous women, from a 1474 edition
A 19th century painting by John
William Waterhouse depicting the sorceress Circe of Homer's Odyssey
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*[i] At one time [ii] Ulysses sailed [iii] with his companions [iv] to the island of Aeaea: [v] on that island [vi] lived Circe, [vii] a goddess very well-known [viii] on account of (her) skill in magic. [ix] At first [x] Ulysses remained on the shore [xi] (and) sent some / several of (his) companions [xii] into the inner part of the island. [xiii] Of these [xiv] only Euryldechus / Euryldechus alone returned [xv] to the commander.
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