Aeneid 4.259-299

Line 260 contains an example of

• hendiadys
• alliteration
• synchysis
• chiasmus

In line 261, illi is

• genitive of possession
• dative of possession
• nominative subject
• dative with ardebat (262)

dives quae munera Dido / fecerat (263-264) is best translated

• which gifts rich Dido had made
• which rich gifts Dido had made
• which gifts rich Dido would have made
• which rich gifts Dido would have made

In line 267, oblite is best translated

• forget
• by forgetting
• having forgotten
• don't forget

In line 269, the antecedent of qui is

• deum (268)
• me (268)
• regnator (269)
• caelum (269)

Aut qua spe Libycis teris otia terris (271) is best translated

• or in (your) hope what leisure are you wearing away in the Libyan lands
• or where are you aiming with leisurely hope in the Libyan lands
• or with what (sort of) leisure are you wasting your hope in the Libyan lands
• or with what hope are you wearing away (your) leisure in the Libyan lands

In line 275, cui is best translated

• by whom
• to whom
• whose
• with whom

In line 275, -que connects

• regnum and tellus (275)
• Romana and tellus (275)
• cui and Romana (275)
• Italiae and Romana (275)

In line 276 Cyllenius refers to

• Ascanius
• Mercury
• Italy
• Jupiter

The metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 280 is

• spondee-dactyl-dactyl-dactyl
• spondee-dactyl-spondee-dactyl
• spondee-spondee-dactyl-spondee
• spondee-spondee-dactyl-dactyl