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WorksheetsBurial in the Tiber
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
What hero captured the cows of Geryon?
Hercules
Perseus
Bellerophon
Theseus
What did the cows refuse?
at comitēs longius īre negant
to carry supplies
to obey Hercules
to go farther
to reveal the location of the Fleece
What Latin word from line 2 indicates that the cows went willingly?
at comitēs longius īre negant
(a)
What was left behind?
Magnaque pars hōrum dēsertīs vēnerat Argīs
Greece
Hercules
the cows
Argus
The cows came...
Magnaque pars hōrum dēsertīs vēnerat Argīs:
from Greece
to Greece
Which Latin word shows that it was a lot of Geryon's cows making the journey?
Magnaque pars hōrum dēsertīs vēnerat Argīs:
(a)
Label approximately where the cows stopped
What feature of Rome is alluded to in line 4?
montibus hīs pōnunt spemque laremque suum
Tiber River
7 Hills
Apennine Mountains
Tiber Island
How did the cows feel as they settled in Rome?
montibus hīs pōnunt spemque laremque suum
hopeful
scared
sad
free
Give a Latin synonym for larem (line 4).
(a)
What is sweet?
Saepe tamen patriae dulcī tanguntur amōre
fatherland: Greece
love
cows
the touch
fatherland: Italy
What is it a sweet love of (n.b. objective genitive)
Saepe tamen patriae dulcī tanguntur amōre
Greece
Italy
family
Hercules
The transplanted cows make a request...
atque aliquis moriēns hoc breve mandat opus
once they establish homes
after they have children
before they return to Greece
as they are dying
Which Latin word from line 6 makes it clear that this is not a major undertaking?
atque aliquis moriēns hoc breve mandat opus
(a)
The (soon to be dead) cows want to...
Mittite mē in Tiberim
see the Tiber
be thrown into the Tiber
drink from the Tiber
pollute the Tiber
The cows will then return home as...
lītus ad Īnachium pulvis inānis eam.
gods
dust
ghosts
reborn cows
heroes
Which Latin word from line 9 makes it clear that the cow heirs didn't want to do this?
Displicet hērēdī mandātī cūra sepulcrī
(a)
Where did the cow heirs bury their ancestors?
mortuus Ausoniā conditur hospes humō
in the Tiber
in Greece
in Italy
in the hills of Rome
Give a Latin synonym for humo (line 10).
(a)
What did the later generations of cows throw into the Tiber?
scirpea prō dominō Tiberī iactātur imāgō
themselves
their ancestors
dust
straw images of their ancestors
death masks of their ancestors
Draw a scene from the story and label it with Latin from the text
