remedium astrologi (lines 1-18) Stage 20

remedium astrologi (lines 1-18) Stage 20

ego et servi cum Barbillo ad villam quam celerrime rediimus. multus sanguis ex vulnere Barbilli effluebat. Phormio, qui servos vulneratos sanare solebat, tunicam suam sciderat; partem tunicae circum umerum Barbilli deligaverat. fluebat tamen sanguis.

Open Ended

Explain what Phormio had done to try to help Barbillus.

Open Ended

How did Phormio know what to do to stop the blood?

Multiple Choice

Was Phormio's attempt to stop the blood successful?

• yes

• no

servi, qui Barbillum portabant, ubi cubiculum intraverunt, in lectum eum leniter posuerunt. duae ancillae prope lectum stabant lacrimantes. Phormio ancillas e cubiculo emisit et servos ad se vocavit. "necesse est vobis," inquit, "magnum numerum aranearum quaerere. ubi sanguis effluit, nihil melius est quam araneae."

Multiple Choice

What did Phormio tell the slave girls to do?

• look after Barbillus

• leave the bedroom

• stop crying

Open Ended

Why do you think Phormio did this?

Multiple Choice

Look at lines 10-11. Who was Phormio speaking to when he said this?

• the slaves

• Quintus

• the slave girls

• Barbillus

servi per totam villam contendebant, araneas quaerentes; magnum clamorem tollebant. Phormio, postquam servi multas araneas ad cubiculum tulerunt, in umerum domini eas collocavit. astrologus ancillas lacrimantes vidit, servosque clamantes audivit. statim in cubiculum Barbilli irrupit, exclamans: "nonne hoc providi? o nefastum diem! o dominum infelicem!"

Multiple Choice

nōnne hoc prōvīdī? Choose the correct translation.

• surely this could have been prevented?

• didn't you foresee this?

• surely I foresaw this?

Open Ended

The astrologer was excited and emotional. Give two examples from lines 16-18 to support this description of his behavior.