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    The document provides instructions for an assignment on the myth of Arachne. It asks the student to define the term "ecphrasis", identify a major character flaw of Arachne, and compare and contrast the themes of the tapestries woven by Arachne and Minerva. It then provides several lines of Latin text from the myth and asks the student to translate them.

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    The document provides instructions for an assignment on the myth of Arachne. It asks the student to define the term "ecphrasis", identify a major character flaw of Arachne, and compare and contrast the themes of the tapestries woven by Arachne and Minerva. It then provides several lines of Latin text from the myth and asks the student to translate them.

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    Sample Test on Ovid's Arachne passage

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    Arachne Test

    Answer the following …


    1. Define Ecphrasis.

    2. What is a major character flaw of Arachne?

    3. Compare and contrast the themes of Arachne and Minerva’s


    tapestry.

    Scan the following lines …

    illīc et Tyrium quae purpura sēnsit aēnum


    texitur et tenuēs parvī discrīminis umbrae;
    quālis ab imbre solent percussīs sōlibus arcus
    īnficere ingentī longum curvāmine caelum;
    Translate …
    Pallas anum simulat: falsosque in tempora canos
    addit et infirmos, baculo quos sustinet, artus.
    tum sic orsa loqui 'non omnia grandior aetas,
    quae fugiamus, habet: seris venit usus ab annis.
    consilium ne sperne meum: tibi fama petatur 30
    inter mortales faciendae maxima lanae;
    cede deae veniamque tuis, temeraria, dictis
    supplice voce roga: veniam dabit illa roganti.

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