NCEA Level 2 Latin (90261) 2011 — page 1 of 8
Assessment Schedule – 2011
Latin: Translate and understand a familiar literary Latin passage from Virgil (90261)
Evidence Statement
The candidate answers BOTH Parts A and B for ONE passage.
PASSAGE ONE: Part A – Translation
Achievement
/Achievement with Merit
/Achievement with Excellence
11 (of 21) sections correctly translated. / 16 (of 21) sections correctly translated.Latin Text
/Sample Translation
ut primum … tetigit / As soon as he touchedalatis … magalia plantis / the settlements with his winged feet
Aenean fundantem arces / (he caught sight of) Aeneas laying the foundations of the citadel
et tecta novantem conspicit. / and building new houses he caught sight of.
atque illi … ensis erat / And he had a sword
stellatus iaspide fulva / studded with tawny jasper
Tyrioque ardebat murice / and blazing with Tyrian purple.
laena demissa ex umeris, / A cloak hung down from his shoulders,
dives quae munera / a gift which wealthy
Dido fecerat, / Dido had made,
et tenui … auro / and with fine gold
telas discreverat. / she had interwoven the threads.
continuo invadit: / At once he attacked:
“tu nunc Karthaginis altae / “Are you now of lofty Carthage
fundamenta locas / laying foundations
… que uxorius … / and under a wife’s sway
pulchram … urbem exstruis? / a beautiful city constructing?
heu, regni … oblite / Alas, forgetful of your throne / kingdom
rerumque … tuarum! / and of your tasks / destiny!
ipse deum … regnator / The ruler of the gods himself
tibi me claro demittit Olympo.” / from famed Olympus sends me down to you.”
PASSAGE ONE: Part B – Demonstration of understanding
Question
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ONE(a) (i) / Tyrian purple was an expensive dye made from shellfish found in Tyre. Aeneas is being treated as royalty / looking and behaving like a foreigner. / Correct response.
(ii) / Uxorius means under a wife’s sway – Aeneas is doing the bidding of Dido as a husband even though they are not actually married. / Correct response.
(b) (i) /
- Jupiter.
- He was reacting to the request from Iarbas / he was annoyed that Aeneas was still in Carthage / wanted Aeneas to fulfil his destiny and leave for Italy.
(ii) /
- Mercury / messenger of the gods.
- He had winged sandals / wore a helmet / carried a caduceus.
(c) / Figures of speech / literary devices, eg:
- Repetition of word ipse, referring to Jupiter, stresses the urgency of Mercury’s message. Aeneas has strayed so far from his mission that the king of gods himself has to intervene. This draws attention to the fact that he is in Libyan lands instead of carrying on with his mission.
- Repetition of letter ‘t’ and ‘s’ (line 271) rapping out the message so that it is direct and forceful. The ‘s’ almost hisses at Aeneas in fury and scorn. The emphasis again on the fact that he is in Libyan lands instead of carrying on his mission.
- Alliteration of ‘r’ and ‘s’ in ‘teris’ and ‘terris’ is very scathing and the sound again supports the meaning that he is wasting his leisure time in a foreign land instead of fulfilling his destiny.
AND
Partially explains its effect. / Identifies TWO figures of speech / literary devices
AND
Explains in detail the effect of BOTH.
PASSAGE ONE: Part B cont’d
One(d) / How Aeneas is portrayed (wasting time / unmoved / forgetful of future / neglectful of his duties as a father), eg:
- He is wasting time (otia teris) instead of getting on with his mission, and is in a foreign land as well (Libycis). He is building a city (quid struis?) but it is not his city, which shows how misguided he has become.
- He seems unmoved by the importance of his mission (si te nulla movet tantarum gloria rerum – a reference to the dynasty that would eventually found Rome and for which he would be remembered). His reputation would live on as a brave and pious man for following the orders of the gods.
- He is portrayed as forgetful of the hopes of his son (spes heredis Iuli respice) whose name would be remembered as a founder of the Julian clan. Aeneas is the Trojan leader and as such cannot avoid his responsibilities. He must found the Roman race in Italy, if not for himself then it is owed to his son (cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus debetur).
AND
Supports TWO points with evidence in Latin. / Explains in detail how Aeneas is portrayed
AND
Supports THREE points with evidence in Latin.
SUFFICIENCY / 3 A / 1 M + 3 A / 1 E + 1 M + 3 A
Question
/Evidence
/Achievement
/Achievement with Merit
/Achievement with Excellence
TWO(a) (i) / It refers to the glory that Aeneas will gain by founding a new home for the gods of Troy and the survivors.
Other responses are possible. / Correct response
(ii) /
- Ascanius is the Trojan name / derived from an area near Troy.
- Iulus is the name intended to show the descent of the Julian family.
(b) (i) / Dido escaped from her home in Tyre on the death of her husband Sychaeus (at the hands of her brother Pygmalion). / Correct response
(ii) / Dido is threatened by her brother wanting money and revenge / by the tribes around her in Africa (Iarbas). / Correct response
PASSAGE ONE: Part B cont’d
Two(c) (i) / Aeneas’ position (Dido’s consort, building her city), eg:
- He is portrayed as the queen’s consort. Mercury uses the word uxorius to indicate that Aeneas is behaving like a husband under a wife’s sway.
- As her husband, he is enjoying royal status – he is wearing the gifts Dido has given him: a purple cloak (Tyrioque ardebat murice) and a jewelled sword (stellatus iaspide fulva ensis) which are hardly fitting for a soldier. The fact that Dido made the cloak herself (quae munera Dido fecerat) reinforces the idea of marriage, as it was customary for Roman wives to weave clothes for their family.
- He is helping Dido to build her city instead of getting on with his own (tu nunc Karthaginis altae fundamenta locas pulchramque … urbem exstruis?)
AND
Supports points with evidence in Latin.
(ii) / The Roman reaction (disapproval), eg:
- The Romans would not have approved because they valued pietas, duty to gods and men and Aeneas was being deflected from his duty OR They had a distrust of foreigners and Dido would remind them of Cleopatra who effectively destroyed Mark Antony.
Partially explains the Roman reaction. / AND
Explains in detail the Roman reaction
(d) / See below. / Correctly scans ONE line (by marking the first four feet only)
OR
Explains ONE plausible effect of the metre in one line. / Correctly scans BOTH lines (by marking the first four feet only)
OR
Correctly scans ONE line AND explains ONE plausible effect of the metre in a line / Correctly scans BOTH lines (by marking the first four feet only)
AND
Explains in detail ONE plausible effect of the metre in one line.
(i) / mōrtāl|ēs vīs|ūs || mědĭ|ō sēr|mōnĕ rĕl|īquĭt
(ii) / ēt prŏcŭl | īn tĕnŭ|(em) ēx ŏcŭl|īs || ēv|ānŭĭt | āurăm
(iii) / Effect created by the metre, eg:
- Line 277 – is predominantly spondaic, stressing the urgency / solemnity of the message that Mercury is relaying.
- Line 278 – is predominantly dactylic, reflecting the smoothness and speed of Mercury’s departure into the air. The elision could represent his absence / Aeneas’s shock.
SUFFICIENCY / 3 A / 1 M + 3 A / 1 E + 1 M + 3 A
PASSAGE TWO: Part A – Translation
Achievement
/Achievement with Merit
/Achievement with Excellence
11 (of 21) sections correctly translated. / 16 (of 21) sections correctly translated.Latin Text
/Sample Translation
nec cum se sub leges / And when under the termspacis iniquae tradiderit / of an unfair peace he has surrendered
regno … fruatur / let him not enjoy his kingdom
aut optata luce / or the days he has longed for,
sed cadat ante diem / but let him fall before his time
mediaque inhumatus harena / unburied in the middle of the sand.
haec precor, / I pray for these things
hanc vocem extremam / these last words
cum sanguine fundo. / I pour out with my blood.
tum vos, o Tyrii, … exercete odiis / Then you, o Tyrians, harass with your hatred
stirpem et genus omne futurum, / his descendants and whole future race,
cinerique … mittite nostro / and send to my ashes
haec … munera. / this tribute.
nullus amor … sunto / Let there be no love
populis nec foedera / nor treaties between the nations.
exoriare aliquis … ultor / May you arise some avenger
nostris ex ossibus / from my bones
qui face … ferroque sequare / to pursue with fire and sword
Dardanios ... colonos, / the Trojan settlers,
nunc, olim, quocumque … tempore / Now, one day, whenever
dabunt se vires. / the power presents itself.
PASSAGE TWO: Part B – Demonstration of understanding
Question
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/Achievement with Excellence
ONE(a) (i) / Dido would call on Juno because she is the patron of Carthage / goddess of marriage / witnessed the marriage. / Correct response.
(ii) / The Rutulians / Turnus’ people / Correct response.
(b) (i) / Pompey / Correct response.
(ii) / On his boat sailing from Carthage / on the distant horizon. / Correct response.
(c) / Feelings expressed in lines 607–618 (despair / solemnity / self-pity / spite), eg:
- Despair – she calls on specific gods to hear her prayers and bring aid (accipite haec … nostras audite preces), and to gods sympathetic to her as she is about to die (di morientis Elissae).
- Solemnity – her address is very formulaic, attributing functions to the gods (interpres curarum et conscia Iuno) as in a Roman prayer. She says the gods can bring her aid as it is their domain. (The sunto as a command gives a feeling of solemn formality.)
- Self-pity – she states that she is dying and her situation deserves the gods’ pity (di morientis Elissae and meritumque malis advertite numen).
- Spite / bitterness – she wishes unhappiness for Aeneas when his son is taken from him (complexu avulsus Iuli).
AND
Partially explains ONE. / Identifies THREE feelings
AND
Explains TWO in detail
AND
Supports points with evidence in Latin.
PASSAGE TWO: Part B cont’d
One(d) / See below. / Correctly scans ONE line (by marking the first four feet only)
OR
Explains ONE plausible effect of the metre in one line. / Correctly scans BOTH lines (by marking the first four feet only)
OR
Correctly scans ONE line AND explains ONE plausible effect of the metre in a line / Correctly scans BOTH lines (by marking the first four feet only)
AND
Explains in detail ONE plausible effect of the metre in one line.
(i) / ēt nōs|trās āu|dītĕ prĕ|cēs. || sī | tāngĕrĕ | pōrtūs
(ii) / aūxĭlĭ|(um) īmplōr|ēt || vĭdĕ|ātqu(e) īn|dīgnă sŭ|ōrŭm
(iii) / Effect created by the metre, eg:
- Line 612 – The caesura in the fourth foot strongly ends Dido’s call upon the gods to hear her prayer (et nostras audite preces) before she moves onto her requests. / The spondees in et nostras audite underline the emphasis she puts on the fulfilment of her prayer.
- Line 617 – has a mixture of spondees and dactyls which could represent Dido uttering her curse in rage or Aeneas’ despair / sorrow as he sees his men dying. / The elisions might underline Aeneas’ sobs and the disappearance of his men or Dido running words together in her fury.
SUFFICIENCY / 3 A / 1 M + 3 A / 1 E + 1 M + 3 A
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/Achievement with Merit
/Achievement with Excellence
TWO(a) (i) /
- Hecate was a goddess of the underworld / she was sometimes called Trivia because she was worshipped at crossroads
- She was associated with magic.
(ii) / The Furies. / Correct response.
(b) (i) / Elissae was the Tyrian name for Dido. / Correct response.
(ii) / Early in the morning (after Aeneas has set sail). / Correct response.
(c) / Figures of speech / literary devices, eg:
- Alliteration of ‘f’ in face … ferroque suggests the sound of fire blazing and swords swishing as the avenger pursues the Trojans. The ‘f’ is a forceful sound and it might convey the emphasis that Dido puts on these words in her fury.
- Adverbs and expression of time (line 627): nunc, olim, quocumque … tempore – these do not have a linking word which makes them very emphatic and dramatic. The effect created is that Dido will wait for her curse to come true however long it takes. There is a feeling of utter determination.
AND
Partially explains its effect. / Identifies TWO figures of speech / literary devices
AND
Explains in detail the effect of BOTH.
PASSAGE TWO: Part B cont’d
Two(d) / The extent to which Dido’s curse was fulfilled, eg:
- Aeneas was to fight against Turnus and the Rutulians (bello audacis populi vexatus).
- He saw many of his followers killed (indigna suorum funera).
- He had to leave Iulus when he went to seek help (complexu avulsus Iuli).
- leges pacis iniquae refers to the treaty between Italians and Trojans under which the Trojans lost their separate identity.
- There are stories that Aeneas reigned for only three years (nec regno aut optata luce fruatur) then died (cadat ante diem mediaque inhumatus harena).
AND
Supports TWO points with evidence in Latin. / Explains in detail the curse’s fulfilment.
AND
Supports THREE points with evidence in Latin.
SUFFICIENCY / 3 A / 1 M + 3 A / 1 E + 1 M + 3 A
Judgement Statement
Achievement
/Achievement with Merit
/Achievement with Excellence
A(Part A) + A(Part B) / ME(Part A) + M(Part B) / ME(Part A) + E(Part B)