2021 NDJCL

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION

Level II--Passage

 

A Strange Crop

 

Nōndum tamen Iāsōn hunc labōrem cōnfēcerat; imperāverat enim eī Aeētēs ut armātōs virōs quī ex dentibus gignerentur sōlus interficeret. Postquam omnēs dentēs in agrum sparsit, Iāsōn lassitūdine exanimātus quiētī sē trādidit, dum virī istī gignerentur. Paucās horās dormiēbat, sub vesperum tamen ē somnō subitō excitātus rem ita ēvēnisse ut praedictum esset cognōvit; nam in omnibus agrī partibus virī ingentī magnitūdine corporum gladiīs galeīsque armātī mīrum in modum ē terrā oriēbantur. Hāc rē cognitā Iāsōn cōnsilium quod dedisset Mēdēa nōn omittendum esse putābat. Saxum igitur ingēns, ut Mēdēa praeceperat, in mediōs virōs coniēcit. Illī undique ad locum concurrērunt, et cum sibi quisque id saxum habēre vellet, magna contrōversia orta est. Brevī tempore gladiīs destrictīs inter sē pugnāre coepērunt, et cum hōc modō plūrimī occīsī essent, reliquī vulneribus cōnfectī ā Iāsone nūllō negōtiō interfectī sunt.

 

Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles

 

Not yet however had Jason finished this task; for Aeetes had ordered him alone to kill the armed men who were sprung from the teeth.  After he scattered all the teeth in the field, Jason, worn out with tiredness, handed himself over to rest, while those men were being born.  For a few hours he was sleeping, at the foot of evening nevertheless, woken up from sleep suddenly, he understood the thing had turned out thus as he had predicted; for in all parts of the field men of huge size of body, armed with swords and helmets, were rising from the ground in an amazing way.  Having understood this, Jason thought the plan which Medea had given should not be omitted.  Therefore he threw a huge rock, as Medea had instructed, into the middle of the men.  Those guys ran from all directions to the place, and when each wanted to have the rock for himself, a great controversy arose.  In a short time, with swords drawn, they began to fight among themselves, and when most had been killed in this way, the rest, worn out from their wounds, were killed by Jason with no effort.

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Latin Reading Judging Form 

1. Confidence                         _____(5)                     Comments:

2. Continuity                           _____(5)

3. Phrasing                              _____(5)

4. Word Accent                      _____(5)

5. Vowel Quality                    _____(5)

6. Syllabication                       _____(5)

7. Consonant Quality              _____(5)

8. Double Consonants             _____(5)

9. Overall Effectiveness         _____(10)

                              TOTAL_________