The adventures of perseus

Question 1

Summarise section A

Answer 1

• intoduced to perseus
• He has just killled medusa and is flying above the sands
• Sudenly the winds pick up and he is blown around the world many times
• The winds blow him into the western lands of Atlas

Question 2

What does the blood of Medusas head turn into

Section A

Answer 2

Each dropplet turns into snakes. This causes the country to be infested with snakes now

Question 3

How does Ovid show that Perseus has travelled the world because of the wind

Section A

Answer 3

He referes to the 4 points of the compass
- north “arctos
- south “cancri”
- west “occasus
- East “ortus

Question 4

Summarise Section E

Answer 4

Andromeda was an innocent girl who was accused of hubris because her mother claimed she was more beautfull than a god. so she is chained to a rock to be eaten by a sea monster. Perseus finds her by accident just as the sea moster arrives….

Question 5

How does ovid make the passage comical

Answer 5

He writes how when perseus sees andromeda he is so amazed by her beauty that he almost forgets to flap his wings
(“suas quatere est oblitus in aere pennas.”)

Question 6

How does ovid portray the woman as innocent

Answer 6

• Her eyes streamed with tears (upset)
• She wouldnt talk or look at him at first to retain her dignity

Question 7

How does ovid make the monster seem scary

Answer 7

• The monster roared (echoing off the sea type thing really loud)
• The sea is descibed as enormous to make the monster seem bigger

Question 8

How is Andromeda portrayed as modest

Answer 8

• She doesnt look or talk to him as she is a virgin and she cannot talk to a man without a chaperone
• She attemps to cover hersef with tears to regain her modesty as her hands are tied