Extract 4: Lines 1-10

Question 1

Who is Laocoön?

Answer 1

A Trojan priest

Question 2

“magna comitante caterva”

Answer 2

“A large crowd with him” - he is well respected

Question 3

The 4 Questions in Lines 3-5

Answer 3

1. “tanta insania, cives?” - Are they mad?
2. “creditis avectos hostis?” - Do you think they’ve left?
3. “aut ulla putatis dona carere dolis Danaum?” - Do you think any Greek’s gift is free from treachery? (Alliteration of d)
4. “sic notus Ulixes?” - Is that Ullysses’ reputation?

All questions that makes them stop and think

Question 4

What Laocoön suggest it might be (4 suggestions)

Answer 4

1. “aut hoc inclusi Achivi” - Either the Greeks are hiding in it
2. “aut haec in fabricata est machina” - or it’s been built as a machine
3. “inspectura nostros domos” - or spy on our homes
4. “aut aliquis latet error” - or it hides some other trick

Question 5

“timeo Danaos et dona ferentes”

Answer 5

“I’m afraid of Greeks even those bearing gifts” - Laocoön was RIGHT to be afraid. He is an example of how much the two sides hated each other.