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- Parse ite (562). What is the rhetorical effect of its repetition (ite — ite)?
- What is the rhetorical effect of the parenthesis famulis hoc imperat?
- Parse vinctum (563).
- What noun does the adjective segnis (563) modify?
- Parse abesto (563).
- Ponder Ovid’s use of tense in 564–67: corripiunt — laborant — est —inritatur — crescit — nocebant.
- What noun do the attributes acrior and retenta (566) modify? What is the rhetorical effect of this kind of placement?
- Parse eunti (568). What noun does it modify?
- Parse lenius (569).
- What is the subject of ibat (571)?
Stylistic Appreciation
- What is the technical term for the repetition of hunc (564)? What is its rhetorical effect here?
- Discuss Ovid’s use of the simile in lines 568–71: how do the components of the simile match up to the surrounding narrative? How does Ovid draw on nature to illustrate an emotional condition?
- Who makes the claim of autopsy (ego … vidi) and what effect does this have?
Discussion Points
Does the phenomenon Ovid here describes, i.e. that attempts at diffusing Pentheus’ anger actually worsen his condition, ring psychologically true? Why would that be the case? Can you think of other literary figures (or real-life persons) who manifest similar tendencies?