APFIVE Marpesia Cautes Mythological Allusion
In the line ‘quam si dura silex aut stet Marpesia cautes,’ the phrase ‘Marpesia cautes’ (Marpesian rock) is an allusion to which of the following?
A
The clashing rocks (Symplegades) that threatened the Argonauts
B
The rock of Prometheus where he was chained by Zeus
C
The stone from which Deucalion and Pyrrha created humans
D
The marble quarries of Paros, symbolizing cold, unyielding hardness
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