Latin A2 AHHHHH

Does anyone know whether if we do the Ovid first we have to write the question order reversed on the front of the answer booklets? Trivial, but I'd quite like to know.

Hello - about the Virgil essay question, what sort of things are people preparing?
Seeing as Aeneas' leadership came up last year, I'm guessing it's unlikely that Aeneas' character/Aeneas as a hero will come up this year.
Can they ask anything general about Augustus / historical context? That'd be so awful!

Hi guys, good luck to everyone. I suspect we're going to need it...

... do you think they might forget and accidentally give us the first bit of Metamorphoses 8? That would be so, so brilliant...

ALSO does anyone know what clash of ictus and accent is, and how to identify this? This is something that was mentioned in an examiner report as important, and something that a lot of people apparently missed...
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Aha thanks! I thought it might be . Haha, exactly! Ovid is a total nightmare. The problem is, it really could mean anything! If you don't know a bit of vocab/understand the context, it is very easy to misinterpret the whole thing... I am very worried! The Venus question wouldn't be bad! I just hope it's not a hideous question involving fate It's a shame the Aeneas question came up last year...

Latin really is a lot more work than other subjects...especially if you leave learning the set texts late

Good luck everyone! I hope the Ovid is do-able- maybe it'll be a recognisable story so i don't mistake reading for foraging again...(legere)

Hiiiii I found you :P You and your funny mistakes

Did anyone else think it was ok but a couple of lines in the Ovid were tricky?
Virgil questions were a godsend.

This is a translation of the Ovid if anyone's interested:

Arion’s fame had filled the cities of Sicily,
And charmed the Italian shores with the sound of his lyre:
Travelling back from there, he boarded a ship
Carrying with him the wealth won by his art.
Unhappy one, perhaps you feared the wind and waves,
But the sea, in truth, was safer for you than your ship.
Since the steersman stood there with naked blade,
And the rest of that crew of conspirators were armed.
Why draw that blade? Seaman, steer the wandering vessel:
That weapon is not appropriate in your hands.
Trembling with fear, Arion said: ‘I don’t plead for life,
But let me take up my lyre and play a little.’
They granted it, laughing at the delay. He took the wreath
That might have graced your tresses, Phoebus:
At once, he plunged, fully clothed into the waves:
The water, leaping, splashed the sky-blue stern.
Then (beyond belief) they say a dolphin
Yielded its back to the unaccustomed weight.
Sitting there, Arion gripped the lyre, and paid his fare
In song, soothing the ocean waves with his singing.

enjoy

What did you write for the 2nd Virgil question? I felt like i didn't quite write enough :/ I included the beginning, and Venus' plea to Jupiter and her machinations at the end, and the storm, and the given passage obvs

What did you write for the 2nd Virgil question? I felt like i didn't quite write enough :/ I included the beginning, and Venus' plea to Jupiter and her machinations at the end, and the storm, and the given passage obvs

I did the same as you - it was a bit unnerving as there wasn't really much to write about the English passages. I talked a bit more about how the Jupiter prophesy continues.

I did the same as you - it was a bit unnerving as there wasn't really much to write about the English passages. I talked a bit more about how the Jupiter prophesy continues.

I thought this too! I didn't mention any of the English passages, I'm hoping they don't take that to mean that I don't know them...