APFIVE Marpesia Cautes Mythological Allusion
Describe references and allusions to Greco-Roman mythology and legend in Latin texts.
The reference to ‘Marpesia cautes’ (Marpesian rock) alludes to which mythological location and its legendary associations?
quam si dura silex aut stet Marpesia cautes
A
The rock of Prometheus where he was chained by Zeus
B
The marble quarries of Paros, symbolizing cold, unyielding hardness
C
The stone from which Deucalion and Pyrrha created humans
D
The clashing rocks (Symplegades) that threatened the Argonauts
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