Quārta · Unit 4 · Lesson 2
Aeneid 2.201–227: the serpents
Two serpents cross the calm sea from Tenedos, kill Laocoön’s sons, then the priest himself, and vanish into Minerva’s temple.
You will be able to
- Read Aeneid 2.201–227
- Recognize a Greek accusative, onomatopoeia and a simile
- Explain the irony of the priest and the bull
New words
- āra, ārae, f. altar
- nātus, nātī, m. son
- clāmor, clāmōris, m. shout, outcry
- caput, capitis, n. head