Latin 116 Final Exam

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LATIN 116
Latin 116 Final Examination (after the fact)

on Ovid's Metamorphoses I

passage 1

Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae
deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset:
natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit
ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo,
sive recens tellus seductaque nuper ab alto 80
aethere cognati retinebat semina caeli.
quam satus Iapeto, mixtam pluvialibus undis,
finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum,
pronaque cum spectent animalia cetera terram,
os homini sublime dedit caelumque videre 85
iussit et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus:
sic, modo quae fuerat rudis et sine imagine, tellus
induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras.

This passage follows the creation of all other life on the planet…and concerns the first creation of man presented in Book I of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Answer the following questions in English:

1. Lines 76-77 explain what prompted the creation of man, what was missing from the earth at this point. Translate into English as literally as possible.

2. According to lines 78-81, what are the two options Ovid provides for explaining how there is something of the divine in all humans? (answer in English)

3. Translate lines 82-83 as literally as possible.

4. SOV and translate this sentence:

os homini sublime dedit caelumque videre iussit et erectos ad sidera
tollere vultus.

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