Lines 547 - 549 + nunc morere Notes Flashcards
1
Q
referes / ibis
A
very menacing future indicatives. Not ‘in the event of your death’ but ‘ you will take this message’. It suggests a certainty about Priam’s death
2
Q
‘mea tristia facta’, ‘degenerem’
A
This self deprecation is sarcastic. He is taunting Priam before he kills him, which is psychotic and twisted. Although perhaps explainable as a Furor based reaction to Priam’s curses.
3
Q
nunc morere
A
a chilling and cold end to a concise and brutal speech.
