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Perseus Power Exercises
Advanced Level
Word Searches in Vergil's Aeneid
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Note:
There are many different ways to go back to web pages you have
viewed using various browser menus and buttons. One method is
suggested in this exercise but please use the method with which
you are most comfortable.
1. Go to the Perseus web site,
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu.
2. Click on the "Texts"
button on the home page.
3. Click on the "Latin
Texts and English translations" icon.
4. Click on "Vergil"
in the list of authors.
5. Click on Aeneid in
"Latin."
6. Click on "Book 1."
7. Go to line 4 and click on
"saevae." The "Morphological Analysis" window
should appear.
8. Click on "67" under
Max. Inst. The Latin "Word Search" screen should appear.
How many times in Books 1-6
is the word "saevus" (or any form of it) used? _____________________
In addition to Juno, who are some of the characters described
by this word? ______________
In what other works by Vergil does this word occur? ______
Who or what is described by this word? _______________
9. Near the top of the "Word
Search" page, select "Ovid" from the menu next
to the "Redo" button.
10. Then click "Redo."
How many times does this word
appear in Ovid? _______
What are some of the characters/things described by "saevus"
in Ovid? ______________________________
11. To do a new search, click
on "New Search" in the top left corner.
Assignment
Do a word search for
the following words. I have randomly assigned words to each of
you, but feel free to trade. Be prepared to give a brief report
to the class on what you discovered about your word.
Student 1 - ecce
Student 1 - furo
Student 2 - pietas
Student 3 - pius
Student 4 - impius
Student 5 - infelix
Student 6 - labor
(#2)
Student 7 - fama
Student 8 - patria
Student 9 - fatum
(fata)
When you do this word search,
answer the following questions:
