437. GREAT ROMULUS, legendary founder of Rome
(B.C. 753). See Livy, i, 16.
438. PROUD TARQUIN, Tarquinius Superbus, the
last king of Rome. He was banished B.C. 510.
438. TOO LORDLY LENTULUS, surnamed Sura, member
of a haughty patrician family, who conspired with
Catiline, and was strangled B.C. 62.
439. STOUT SCIPIO, Cornelius Scipio Africanus
(B.C. 287?-183?), the conqueror of Hannibal, and self-exiled
from Rome. Livy speaks of his inordinate pride,
xxxviii, 50.
439. STUBBORNE HANNIBALL (B.C. 247-183), the
great Carthaginian general, who died by poison to
avoid falling into the hands of the Romans.
440. AMBITIOUS SYLLA (B.C. 138-78), Cornelius
Sulla, the Dictator, who died a loathsome death.
440. STERNE MARIUS (B.C. 157-86), after being
seven times consul, he was obliged to take refuge
from his rival Sulla amid the ruins of Carthage.
441. HIGH CAESAR, Caius Julius Caesar (B.C. 100-44),
who was murdered by Brutus and other conspirators.
441. GREAT POMPEY. Cn. Pompeius Magnus
(B.C. 106-48). After his defeat at Pharsalia,
he fled to Egypt, where he was murdered.
441. FIERCE ANTONIUS, Marcus (B.C. 83-30), the
great triumvir, who after his defeat at Actium killed
himself in Egypt.
444. THE BOLD SEMIRAMIS, the legendary queen
of Assyria.
446. FAIRE STHENOBOEA, the wife of Proteus, who
on account of her unrequited love for Bellerophon,
died by hemlock. Aristophanes’ Frogs,
1049 seq.
448. HIGH MINDED CLEOPATRA (B.C. 69-30), the
beautiful queen of Egypt, who is said by Plutarch
to have died in the manner mentioned.
(Canto V)
1. How did Redcross spend the night before the
fight with Sansjoy?
2. Study in detail the fine description of Duessa’s
descent to Erebus.
3. What elements of beauty are seen in the description
of dawn and sunrise in ii? and compare Psalms,
xix, 5. 4. What arbitrary classification of musicians
does Spenser make in iii? 5. Who is the far
renowmed Queene in v? 6. Describe the joust
between the Knight and Sansjoy. 7. Where do you
learn of the laws governing such contests? 8.
Observe the dramatic way in which Duessa saves Sansjoy.
9. What dramatic stroke in xxvii? 10. Describe
Night and her team. 11. Give an account of her
descent to Erebus with Sansjoy. 12. What were
some of the tortures of the damned? 13. What effect
is produced in xxx and how? 14. Point out some
instances in which Spenser has imitated Homer—Vergil.
15. Where does he follow the Latin rather than
the Greek poets?
16. Why did Aesculapius hesitate to heal Sansjoy?
17. Whom did the dwarf see in the dungeons of
Pride? 18. Why did the Knight flee from the House
of Pride?
19. Examine the following grammatical forms:
maken, l. 22; woundes, l. 400. 20.
What figure of speech is employed in xviii?
21. What illustration is used in viii? 22.
Find example of balanced structure in vii;
alliteration in viii, xv, xviii. 23. Scan
l. 23. 24. Note nom. abs. construction in xlv.
