259-278: Mercury passes on orders

Question 1

fundantem arces ac tecta novantem

Answer 1

chiasmus captures A’s misplaced energies - he is doing Dido’s work

Question 2

Aenean

conspicit

Answer 2

correlation at beginning of two consecutive lines underscores what first caught M’s eyes: the fated Roman hero laying down the foundations of Carthage

consipicit: enjambed after heavily spondaic line - conveys shock

Question 3

atque illi stellatus iaspide fulva ensis

Answer 3

sword is for ostentatious display, rather than practical use

Question 4

laena

Answer 4

Eastern luxury - likes A to Mark Antony and his enslavement to Cleopatra

Question 5

demissa ex umeris

Answer 5

enjambment enacts cloak flowing down from his shoulders

Question 6

continuo invadit

Answer 6

forceful approach corresponds to shock and disgust at what M sees

Question 7

tu nunc

Answer 7

direct tone of a scolding

Question 8

uxorius

Answer 8

M joins in the ethnic abuse by Iarbas, who cast him as an effeminate Easterner lacking proper virility and heroic stature, the complete inversion of the qualities expected of a Roman hero

Question 9

heu… oblite…!

Answer 9

aggressive outburst conveys M’s exasperation

Question 10

ipse
regnator
ipse

Answer 10

reference to Jupiter at the beginning of three consecutive verses emphasises how M’s message comes from the very top

Question 11

quid struis?

Answer 11

repeats J’s rhetorical question

Question 12

Libycis teris otia terris?

Answer 12

figura etymologica and mocking homoiteleuton

Question 13

Ascanium… Iuli

Answer 13

framing of the line with these lines conveys temporal development

Question 14

respice

Answer 14

combines J’s rhetorical questions ‘invidet?’ and ‘respicit?’ into on imperative - more economical and to the point

Question 15

regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus

Answer 15

chiastic placement of geographical indicators emphasises where A should be moving towards

Question 16

mortalis visus medio sermone

Answer 16

adj noun adj noun arrangement, with position of ‘medio’ enacting its meaning