QUIZ - LATIN POETRY - Scansion & Meter - Dactylic Hexameter
LEARNING TARGET: I can scan lines of Latin poetry using the rules for scansion.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question. Also, have PENCIL & PAPER handy.
PRINT OUT the related Latin lines so that you can scan lines with paper and pencil.
Printable document is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p415toMvjNF0yxoRY7OLErUCQkb1H5uXs8do-nf7EKs/edit
OVID'S "DAEDALUS ET ICARUS" -
183 Daedalus interea Creten longumque perosus
184 exilium, tactusque loci natalis amore,
185 clausus erat pelago. “Terras licet,” inquit, “et undas”
186 obstruat, at caelum certe patet. Ibimus illac!
"Daedalus, meanwhile, hating Crete and his long
exile, overcome with love of his place of birth [= homesickness],
he had been closed in by the sea. "Although the lands and the waves
[Minos] obstructs," he says, "the sky yet lies open. We will go there!"
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