Comprehensive Examinations GREEK 1925 Saturday, June 20 2-5 p.m. Candidates offering Two-Year Greek, Greek Cp.2 (Xenophon and Composition), will take Parts I and II. Candidates offering Three-Year Greek, Greek Cp.3 (Xenophon, Composition, and Homer), will take Parts II and III. Candidates offering Third Year Greek, Greek Cp.H (Homer), will take Part III. Translate: PART I Seuthes meets the Greeks Μετὰ ταῦτα Ξενοφῶν μὲν ἡγεῖτο, οἱ δ' εἵποντο. Νέων δὲ καὶ παρὰ ̓Αριστάρ χου ἄλλοι ἔπειθον ἀποτρέπεσθαι· οἱ δ ̓ οὐχ ὑπήκουον. ἐπεὶ δ ̓ ὅσον τριάκοντα σταδίους προεληλύθεσαν, ἀπαντᾷ Σεύθης. καὶ ὁ Ξενοφῶν ἰδὼν αὐτὸν προσελάσαι ἐκέλευσεν, ὅπως ὅτι πλείστων ἀκουόντων εἴποι αὐτῷ ἃ ἐδόκει συμφέρειν. ἐπεὶ 5 δὲ προσῆλθεν, εἶπε Ξενοφῶν· “Ἡμεῖς πορευόμεθα ὅπου μέλλει ἕξειν τὸ στράτευμα τροφήν· ἐκεῖ δ ̓ ἀκούοντες καὶ σοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ Λακωνικοῦ, αἱρησόμεθα ἳ ἂν κράτιστα δοκῇ εἶναι. ἢν οὖν ἡμῖν ἡγήσῃ ὅπου πλεῖστά ἐστιν ἐπιτήδεια, ὑπὸ σοῦ νομιοῦμεν ξενίζεσθαι.”2 1 to be profitable. -XENOPHON Anabasis vii. iii. 7, 8 2 entertain hospitably. α) Locate προεληλύθεσαν (1. 3), προσελάσαι (1. 3), νομιοῦμεν (1. 7). (To locate a verb form, state its mood, voice, and tense, and if finite, person and number, and tell what it comes from.) 6) Explain the case of σταδίους (1. 3), ἀκουόντων (1. 4), σοῦ (1. 6), Λακωνικού (1. 6). c) Explain the mood of εἴποι (1. 4), δοκῇ (1. 7); the force of the tense of ἔπειθον (1.2). PART II Translate: News of a Spartan victory reaches Agesilaus on his return from Asia Ὁ δ' ̓Αγησίλαος σπεύδων μὲν ἐκ τῆς ̓Ασίας ἐβοήθει· ὄντι δ ̓ αὐτῷ ἐν ̓Αμφιπό λει ἀγγέλλει Δερκυλίδας ὅτι νικῷέν τε αὖ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, καὶ αὐτῶν μὲν τεθνάναι ὀκτώ, τῶν δὲ πολεμίων παμπληθεῖς ἐδήλου δὲ ὅτι καὶ τῶν συμμάχων οὐκ ὀλίγοι πεπτωκότες εἶεν. ἐρομένου δὲ τοῦ ̓Αγησιλάου “Αρ' ἄν, ὦ Δερκυλίδα, ἐν καιρῷ 5 γένοιτο, εἰ αἱ συμπέμπουσαι πόλεις ἡμῖν τοὺς στρατιώτας τὴν νίκην ὡς τάχιστα πύθοιντο;” ἀπεκρίνατο δὴ ὁ Δερκυλίδας “Εὐθυμοτέρους γοῦν εἰκὸς ταῦτ ̓ ἀκούσαντας εἶναι.” “Οὐκοῦν σύ, ἐπεὶ παρεγένου, κάλλιστ ̓ ἂν ἀπαγγείλαις ; 669 ὁ δὲ ἄσμενος ἀκούσας, καὶ γὰρ ἀεὶ φιλαπόδημος ἦν, εἶπεν· “Εἰ σὺ τάττοις.” “Αλλὰ τάττω,” ἔφη, “καὶ προσαπαγγέλλειν κελεύω ὅτι ἐὰν καὶ τάδε εὖ γένηται, 10 πάλιν παρεσόμεθα, ὥσπερ καὶ ἔφαμεν.” 1 gladly. 2 fond of traveling. -XENOPHON Hellenica iv. iii. 1, 2 α) Give the principal parts of πεπτωκότες (1. 4), συμπέμπουσαι (1. 5), τάττω (1. 9). b) Give a synopsis of νικῷεν (1. 2), and ἀπεκρίνατο (1. 6), each in the tense, voice, person, and number in which it occurs, giving the nominative singular in all genders of the participle. c) Give the nominative and genitive singular in all genders of παμπληθείς (1. 3), πεπτωκότες (Ι. 4), ἀκούσαντας (1. 7). Decline πόλεις (1. 5), σύ (1. 7) in the singular and plural. d) Inflect ἀπεκρίνατο (1. 6) in the singular of the imperfect indicative middle, and in the plural of the aorist indicative middle. Infect παρεσόμεθα (1. 10) and ἔφαμεν (1. 10) in the singular of the mood, voice, and tense in which they occur. e) Compare the adjectives from which τάχιστα and κάλλιστα are formed. f) Explain by derivation the meaning of παμπληθεῖς (1. 3) and εὐθυμοτέρους (1. 6). g) Translate into Greek: 1. If they ask you who won the victory, what will you answer ? 2. I heard that many of our soldiers had been killed before the allies arrived. 3. Let us send men to find out what has happened. 4. He would not have reported this if he had not been present at the battle. PART III Hector proposes a night reconnoitering expedition. Dolon volunteers Οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδὲ Τρῶας ἀγήνορας εἴασ ̓ Εκτωρ εὕδειν, ἀλλ ̓ ἄμυδις κικλήσκετο πάντας ἀρίστους, ὅσσοι ἔσαν Τρώων ηγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες· τοὺς ὅ γε συγκαλέσας, πυκινὴν ἠρτύνετο βουλήν “Τίς κέν μοι τόδε ἔργον ὑποσχόμενος τελέσειε δώρῳ ἔπι μεγάλῳ; μισθὸς δέ οἱ ἄρκιος ἔσται. δώσω γὰρ δίφρον τε δύω τ ̓ ἐριαύχενας ἵππους, οἵ κεν ἄριστοι ἔωσι θοῇς ἐπὶ νηυσὶν ̓Αχαιῶν, ὅστις κε τλαίη, οἵ τ ̓ αὐτῷ κῦδος ἄροιτο, νηῶν ὠκυπόρων σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν, ἔκ τε πυθέσθαι ἠὲ φυλάσσονται νῆες θοαὶ ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ἢ ἤδη χείρεσσιν ὑφ ̓ ἡμετέρῃσι δαμέντες 300 305 310 ὅς δή τοι εἶδος μὲν ἔην κακός, ἀλλὰ ποδώκης ̇ αὐτὰρ ὁ μοῦνος ἔην μετὰ πέντε κασιγνήτησιν. ὅς ῥα τότε Τρωσίν τε καὶ Εκτορι μῦθον ἔειπεν “Έκτορ, ἔμ' ὀτρύνει κραδίη καὶ θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ σοὶ δ ̓ ἐγὼ οὐχ ἅλιος σκοπὸς ἔσσομαι οὐδ ̓ ἀπὸ δόξης· 320 325 -Iliad x. 299-327 1 cf. ἅμα, 4 assured. 8 with high-arching necks. 4 flight. 5 overcome. 6 ineffective. α) Give the Attic forms of ἔσαν (1. 301), ἔωσι (1. 306), ἐλθέμεν (1. 308), χείρεσσιν (1. 310). Account for the mood of teλéσele (1. 303), ikwμai (1. 325), the case of oi (1. 307), eidos (1. 316). Give the derivation of ȧvývopas (1. 299), ὠκυπόρων (1. 308). b) Scan lines 304, 305, 306, indicating quantities, division into feet, ictus, and metrical pauses. Account for the quantity of -o in lines 301 and 303. Explain the quantities of dúp em and the accent of em in line 304. What is meant by Bucolic Diaeresis? Give an example. c) Give English words derived from the root or stem of μoûvos (1. 317), popéovσiv (1.323). Give the Greek words from which the following English words are derived: paradox, synthetic, economy. a) Choose one of the following topics: 1. Give an account of Priam's visit to Achilles. 2. Describe the battle at the ships. GREEK 1925 Thursday, September 24 2 p.m. Three hours. Candidates offering Two-Year Greek, Greek Cp.2 (Xenophon and Composition) will take Parts I and II. Candidates offering Three-Year Greek, Greek Cp.3 (Xenophon, Composition, and Homer) will take Parts II and III. Candidates offering Third-Year Greek, Greek Cp.H (Homer) will take Part III. Translate: PART I Pantheia, a captive Asiatic queen, makes acknowledgment for Cyrus's generous treatment of her Ἡ δὲ Πάνθεια ὡς ᾔσθετο οἰχόμενον τὸν ̓Αράσπαν, πέμψασα πρὸς τὸν Κῦρον εἶπε· “Μὴ λυποῦ, ὦ Κῦρε, ὅτι ̓Αράσπας οἴχεται εἰς τοὺς πολεμίους· ἢν γὰρ ἐμὲ ἐάσῃς πέμψαι πρὸς τὸν ἐμὸν ἄνδρα, ἐγώ σοι ἀναδέχομαι ἥξειν πολὺ ̓Αράσπου πιστότερον φίλον· καὶ δύναμιν δὲ οἶδ' ὅτι ὁπόσην ἂν δύνηται ἔχων παρέσται σοι. καὶ 5 γὰρ ὁ μὲν πατὴρ τοῦ νῦν βασιλεύοντος φίλος ἦν αὐτῷ· ὁ δὲ νῦν βασιλεύων καὶ ἐπεχείρησε ποτε ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα διασπάσαι ἀπ ̓ ἀλλήλων· ὑβριστὴν οὖν νομίζων αὐτὸν εὖ οἶδ' ὅτι ἄσμενος ἂν πρὸς ἄνδρα οἷος σὺ εἶ ἀπαλλαγείη.” ἀκούσας ταῦτα ὁ Κῦρος ἐκέλευσε πέμπειν πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα· ἡ δὲ ἔπεμψεν. ὡς δ ̓ ἔγνω ὁ ̓Αβραδάτας τὰ παρὰ τῆς γυναικὸς σύμβολα, καὶ τἄλλα δὲ ᾔσθετο ὡς εἶχεν, ἄσμενος πορεύεται 10 πρὸς τὸν Κῦρον ἵππους ἔχων ἀμφὶ τοὺς χιλίους. -XENOPHON Cyropaedeia vi. i. 45–46 1 ἀναδέχομαι = ὑπισχνοῦμαι. 2 gladly. 3 transfer his allegiance. 4 tokens. α) Decline in the plural δύναμιν (Ι. 4), πατήρ (1. 5); in the singular in all genders, πέμψασα (1. 1). 6) Give the principal parts of ᾔσθετο (1. 1), ἔγνω (1. 8). c) Give a synopsis of ἐάσης (1. 3) in the present active system, third person singular, giving the nominative singular in all genders of the participle. d) Explain fully the use of the participles οἰχόμενον (1. 1), βασιλεύοντος (1. 5). Translate: PART II Envoys discuss terms of an alliance with Athens Τῷ δ' ὑστέρῳ ἔτει Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ τῶν συμμάχων πρέσβεις ἦλθον αὐτοκράτορες ̓Αθήναζε, βουλευσόμενοι καθ' ὅ τι ἡ συμμαχία Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ ̓Αθηναίοις ἔσοιτο. λεγόντων δὲ πολλῶν μὲν ξένων, πολλῶν δὲ ̓Αθηναίων, ὡς δέοι ἐπὶ τοῖς ἴσοις καὶ ὁμοίοις τὴν συμμαχίαν εἶναι, Προκλῆς Φλειάσιος εἶπε τόνδε τὸν λόγον· 5 “Επείπερ, ὦ ἄνδρες ̓Αθηναῖοι, ἀγαθὸν ὑμῖν ἔδοξεν εἶναι Λακεδαιμονίους φίλους (THIS EXAMINATION IS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) |