2. Explain the force of the tenses in the following pas sages : α. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἡ τροπὴ ἐγένετο λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐνέκειντο οἱ Κορ ίνθιοι, τότε δὴ ἔργου πᾶς εἴχετο ἤδη καὶ διεκέκριτο οὐδὲν ἔτι 1 b. ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ Καμβύσης ἔφη ψεύδεσθαι σφέας, καὶ ὡς ψευδομένους θανάτῳ ἐζημίου. c. Multaque dura suo tristi cum corde putabant, 3 Ni signum cælo Cytherea dedisset ab alto. d. Jam fuerit, neque post unquam revocare licebit.4 e. Singulas nostri consectati expugnaverunt, ut perpauca ex omni numero noctis interventu ad terram per venerint, cum ab hora fere quarta usque ad solis occasum pugnaretur.5 3. How far can any parts of the poems of Virgil and Horace be regarded as embodying allegory? 4. Give the meaning and etymological affinities of ὄσσομαι, ἀντιάω, οὐλαμός, θέσφατος, εὐδείελος, ὑπερφίαλος, εὖτε. 5. Notice and explain any grammatical peculiarities in the following: α. ἀλλὰ τάγ ̓ οὐκ ἐγένοντο· τὸ καὶ κλαίουσα τέτηκα. c. Perque pedes trajectus lora tumentes." d. Non hæc, Ο Palla, dederas promissa parenti, e. Si illa tibi placet, placenda dos quoque est quam dat 1 Thucyd. i. 49. 7. 2 Hdt. iii. 27. 4. 4 Lucret. iii. 915. 5 Cæs. B. G. iii. 15. 6 Homer, Iliad, iii. 176. 8 Virg. En. ii. 273. 9 Ib. xi. 152. 10 Plaut. Trin. v. 2. 35. On (8) see Madvig, 348 (b), Zumpt, § 519 (b), and cf. Juv. x. 123. On (5) see Madvig, § 382, Obs. 1. 6. Compare briefly the theological views of Homer with those of Æschylus. 7. Mention the principal differences between Attic and Hellenistic grammar, pointing out where they can be referred to known laws of change in language. 8. What modifications are found in Greek of the rule that the verb must agree with its subject in number? Explain them. 9. In what features of the Greek drama is its ideal character most clearly seen? 10. Mention and illustrate the principal Greek constructions which are employed by the Latin poets. To what extent are Græcisms adopted by Latin prose authors? II. Notice and explain any peculiarities in the use of the pronouns in the following: α. ὅτι τῇ ψυχῇ τοῦτ ̓ οἶδε καὶ θαρρεῖ καὶ πεπίστευκε τῇ πολιτεία, μηδένα αὐτὸν ἕλξειν μηδ' ὑβριεῖν μηδὲ τυπτήσειν. b. Nam is illius filiam Conicit in navem miles clam matrem suam.2 c. Audistis nuper dicere legatos Tyndaritanos, Mercurium, qui sacris anniversariis apud eos coleretur, Verris imperio esse sublatum. α. ἐκεῖνοι τοίνυν, οἷς οὐκ ἐχαρίζονθ' οἱ λέγοντες, οὐδ ̓ ἐφί λουν αὐτοὺς ὥσπερ ὑμεῖς οὗτοι νῦν, κ.τ.λ. 12. Mention any cases in which Virgil follows the traditions of the Attic stage rather than that of the Homeric poems.* 1 Dem. c. Meid. 585. 2 Plaut. Mil. Glor. ii. 1. 33. 3 Cic. in Verr. iv. 39. 84. See, on b and c, Madvig, § 490, Obs. 3. Donalds. Lat. Gr., § 201, dd. Obs. 4. On d see Donalds. Gk. Gr., § 410; Jelf, § 655, Obs. 3: the Comm. on 2 Tim. ii. 26; and cf. Thucyd. i. 132, 3, vi. 61. 1. 4 See En. iv. 469, and Conington in Loc. ΧΧΙΧ. I. The etymology of the following words:—δίκη, όρμος, εύκηλος, δίπλαξ, δραχμή, θυμός, ἴδιος, cerno, cuna, fossa, mensis, natura, noxa. 2. What changes of letters have the following words undergone ? βαρύς, ἔπος, ὀρέγω, ἵππος, ἡδύς, ῥέω, νυός, μέσσος, οὔνομα, est (eats), auris, lacrima, negligo, pango, solum, solium. 3. Distinguish between teres, rotundus ; senex, vetus, antiquus; securus, tutus, salvus, incolumis; timeo, metuo, vereor, formido. 4. The usage and force of the particles δή, δῆτα, πήν, δῆθεν, δήπουθεν, δαί: μήν, μέντοι, μὲν οὖν, μὲν δή : νή, ναί, μά, 5. Accentuate the following passage :— Δος, φιλος ου μεν μοι δοκεεις ο κακιστος Αχαιων εμμεναι, αλλ' ωριστος, επει βασιληι εοικας. τω σε χρη δομεναι και λωιον, ηε περ αλλοι, σιτου εγω δε κε σε κλειω κατ' απειρονα γαιαν. και γαρ εγω ποτε οικον εν ανθρωποισιν εναιον ολβιος αφνειον και πολλακι δοσκον αλήτη, τοιω οποιος εοι και οτευ κεχρημενος έλθοι.1 6. Compare the older and the later Roman satirists. 7. Can the history of Thucydides be called a work of art, and upon what grounds? 8. What are the principal points of difference between ancient and modern metres. 9. Distinguish between the dialect of the choruses and that of the dialogue in Greek tragedy. 10. Is the sameness of the characters of the Homeric heroes a proof of the single authorship of the Homeric poems? II. Examine and illustrate the following: 'The genius of Virgil was barren in creating, great as was 1 Odyss. xvii. 415-421. his talent for embellishing. That he himself was conscious of this, and was content to be great in the way suited to his endowments, is proved by his practice of imitating and borrowing, and by the touches he intersperses of his exquisite and extensive erudition.'1 12. Give an account of any two of the following characters in Shakespeare:-Othello, Coriolanus, Prospero, Fluellen, Touchstone, Malvolio. [Balliol Scholarships, 1868.] XXX. 1. Describe in outline the institutions of the Athenian Democracy under Pericles, and compare them with modern institutions of the same kind. 2. The variations of character among the States of Hellas: how far can they be accounted for? 3. The rise and fall of Theban supremacy in Greece. 4. The power of Carthage in the Western Mediterranean, and its opponents, before its collision with Rome. 5. The objects of the Gracchi, and the causes of their failure. 6. The nature of the Imperial power as held by Augustus. 7. The origin of the House of Commons. 8. The life and character of any of the following:Richard II., Henry VII., Thomas Cromwell, the younger Vane, Lord Bolingbroke, Edmund Burke. [Balliol Scholarships, 1868.] 1 Niebuhr. 2 See an excellent analysis in the edi tion of the Play by R. Whitelaw, M.A. (Rugby, 1869). XXXI. 1. How is it determined whether où or μn should be used (1.) with a Participle, (2.) with the Infinitive Mood, (3.) in an Interrogative sentence, (4.) in a Relative clause Quote or frame instances. 2. Give some plain rules for the use of Moods and Tenses in the Oratio Obliqua in Latin, mentioning in each case the Greek equivalent. 3. Describe the processes by which a law was made or repealed at Athens, giving the technical phrases. 4. Analyse the following words, and explain their component parts philologically :—ἔοικα, βίηφι, ἔσχον, agimini, amavissent, humi. 5. With what Moods and Tenses can äv be used, and with what meanings? 6. Give the names of any Alexandrian poets, and show how they influenced Roman literature. 7. Translate and write notes on any three of the following :α. τοιοίδε τοί μοι λαμπαδηφόρων νόμοι ἄλλος παρ' ἄλλου διαδοχαῖς πληρούμενοι· c. ὦ πλοῦτε καὶ τύραννι καὶ τέχνη τέχνης ὅσος παρ' ὑμῖν ὁ φθόνος φυλάσσεται. d. στὰς δ' ὑπὲρ μελάθρων φονώσαισιν ἀμφιχανὼν κύκλῳ λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα ἔβα, πρίν ποθ' ἡμετέρων αἱμάτων γένυσιν 1 Æsch. Αgam. 312 Dind. (303 Paley). 2 Ib. Eum. 340. 3 Soph. O. R. 380. |