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What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?
videntem Pergama prolapsa
As he dies he is watching the city he ruled collapse to nothing. What a sad last sight for him.
What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?
The contrast is striking between his power when alive (once the proud ruler) and his lack of recognition when dead (corpus sine nomine)
What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?
The ‘truncus’ with the head torn off is very de-humanising. This power is gone with his name, but also even his recognisable human shape.
What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?
His power is emphasised with the intensifier ‘tot’
What is dramatic about this last view we have of Priam?
‘fatorum’ and ‘sorte’ underline how powerless mortals are to change the destiny provided to us by the gods. A recurrent theme in ancient literature
