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latin help?

i have finished this paper but can't for the life of me figure out why "esset" is subjunctive in the phrase "subito intellexit quam pulcher esset Minos". any help?

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zacstlbw

Me too, I’m so confused, I think that it is possible an indirect question, but normally they go something like, “He asked me what I was doing” me rogavit quid faciam.

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Lily_45

Original post by zacstlbw

Me too, I’m so confused, I think that it is possible an indirect question, but normally they go something like, “He asked me what I was doing” me rogavit quid faciam.

Yeah I agree, I think it's probably an indirect question. Because after any verb of understanding or questioning ('intellexit') followed by an interrogative ('quam' in this case), this usually triggers an indirect question I think??