Virgil Extracts 4 - Free IGCSE Latin Course

Th is rule does not apply to Greek words in Latin, such as ā-ēr, air; I-xi-ōn, Ixion (a proper name) 21 A vowel is regularly short before nt or nd Observe that the syllable in this case is long 22 A vowel is regularly short before any fi nal consonant except s a

07 Stage Cambridge Latin

Latin word Word in the story Latin word Word in the story apparet obsciirus terret vita caute agricola mortuus nox, noctem s6lus horribilis desertus habitat pulsat ins anus - Find the roots Circle the word which does not come from the same root as the others 1 lacrimal lacerate lachrymose lacrimation

WJCL CERTAMEN 2016 INTERMEDIATE DIVISION ROUND ONE

7 Although Ixion thought he was loving Hera, he was actually loving her cloud carbon-copy What was the name of this nebulous stand-in? NEPHELE B1 What race arose from the union of Nephele and Ixion? CENTAURS B2 What was Ixion’s punishment in the underworld BOUND TO A FIERY WHEEL 8

Robert Graves – The Greek Myths

63 Ixion 64 Endymion 65 Pygmalion And Galatea 66 Aeacus 67 Sisyphus 68 Salmoneus And Tyro 69 Alcestis 70 Athamas 71 The Mares of Glaucus 72 Melampus 73 Perseus 74 The Rival Twins 75 Bellerophon 76 Antiope 77 Niobe 78 Caenis And Caeneus

Orpheus and Eurydice from the Metamorphoses

Ixion’s twisting wheel stood wonder-bound; and Tityus’s liver for a while escaped the vultures, and the listening Belides forgot their sieve-like bowls and even you, O Sisyphus sat idly on your rock Then Fame declared that conquered by the song of Orpheus, for the first and only time the hard cheeks of the fierce Eumenides

Orpheus and Eurydice

And, the wind hushed, Ixion’s wheel stood still And now with homeward footstep he had passed All perils unscathed, and, at length restored, Eurydice to realms of upper air Had well-nigh won, behind him following— So Proserpine had ruled it—when his heart A sudden mad desire surprised and seized—