Roman Literature
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30 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tacitus | Which Roman writer recorded history? |
| Horace | Which Roman author wrote odes? |
| ode | A complex songlike poem on a serious subject |
| Catullus | Which Roman author wrote lyric poems? |
| rhetorical question | question posed without expectation of an answer |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Horace | Who authored the "Golden Mean"? |
| carpe diem | Translate into Latin: seize the day |
| Catullus | Who authored "Lesbia Says She'ld Rather Marry Me" and "If Ever Anyone Anywhere"? |
| lyric poetry | Songlike poetry that expresses deep emotions and thoughts. |
| Christians | Nero blames this group for the burning of Rome. |
| paradox | "I hate and I love" is an example of what literary element? |
| "The Burning of Rome" | Identify the title of the work of this passage: "for rumor had got abroad that at the moment when the city was in flames Nero had mounted upon a stage in his own house, and by way of likening modern calamities to ancient, had sung the tale of the sack of Troy" |
| Catullus | Identify the author of the preceding passage: "I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know: I only feel it, and I'm torn in two." |
| "The Golden Mean" | Identify the title of the work of this passage: "If hindrances obstruct thy way, / Thy Magnanimity display, / And let thy strength be seen; / But Oh! If fortune fill thy sail / With more than a propitious gale, / Take half thy canvas in." |
| Horace | Who authored "Carpe Diem"? |
| tone | Author's attitude toward her/his subject. |
| allusion | A reference to a well known work of art, person, literary work, musical composition. |
| paradox | A contradictory statement that actually presents a truth. |
| metaphor | A direct comparison between two dissimilar objects. |
| hyperbole | Identify the literary device: "How much you loved her! More than any man / Can ever love." |
| moderation | Medium in amount or intensity or quality. |
| paradox | Identify the literary device: "I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, / I do not know: I only feel it, and I'm torn in two." |
| Clodia | Lesbia . . . AKA |
| metaphor | Identify the literary device: "Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, / Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door." |
| golden mean | moderation . . . AKA |
| gladiators | They wore heavy helmets, fought barefoot, and ate a diet rich in vegetables and grains. |
| theme | insight into life revealed through a literary work |
| personification | giving a nonhuman subject human characteristics |
| bias | when one is prejudice; presenting only one side in a situation |
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