2 ποιεῖσθαι, δοκεῖ μοι χρῆναι τοῦτο σκοπεῖν, ὅπως ἡ φιλία ὅτι πλεῖστον χρόνον συμμενεῖ. ἐὰν οὖν ᾗ ἑκατέροις μάλιστα συνοίσει, ταύτῃ καὶ τὰς συνθήκας ποιησώμεθα, οὕτω κατά γε τὸ εἰκὸς μάλιστα συμμένοιεν ἄν. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα σχεδόν τις συνωμολόγηται, περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡγεμονίας νῦν ἡ σκέψις. τῇ μὲν οὖν βουλῇ 10 προβεβούληται ὑμετέραν μὲν εἶναι τὴν κατὰ θάλατταν, Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ τὴν κατὰ γῆν.” · ἐπὶ τοῖς ἴσοις καὶ ὁμοίοις = on equal terms. -XENOPHON Hellenica vii. i. 1–2. 4 council. α) Locate συμμενεῖ (1. 7), συνωμολόγηται (1. 9). (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 βουλῇ (1. 9), Λακεδαιμονίων (1. 10). c) Account for the mood of ποιησώμεθα (1. 8), συμμένοιεν (1. 8). d) Decline in the plural ἔτει (1. 1); give the dative singular and plural in all genders of λεγόντων (1. 3). e) Compare μάλιστα (1. 8). f) Infect ἔσοιτο (1. 3) in the future indicative; ἔδοξεν (1. 5) in the aorist optative active. g) Define, according to its derivation, the English word "sceptic". h) Translate into Greek: 1. If the allies had decided to be friends with the Athenians, the latter would have ruled the seas. 2. The majority spoke in favor of this alliance. 3. Let us abide by our compacts, that peace may endure. 4. When this had been approved, the plenipotentiaries withdrew. PART III IS PRINTED ON PAGE 3 Translate: PART III Odysseus and Ajax return from their unsuccessful embassy to Achilles, who has told them that he will not again take part in the war until Hector's assaults shall actually threaten the huts and ships of the Myrmidons Οἱ δ' ὅτε δὴ κλισίῃσιν ἐν ̓Ατρεΐδαο γένοντο, τοὺς μὲν ἄρα χρυσέοισι κυπέλλοις υίες Αχαιῶν δειδέχατ” ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ἀνασταδόν, ἔκ τ ̓ ἐρέοντο· πρῶτος δ' ἐξερέεινεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν ̓Αγαμέμνων· ἢ ῥ ̓ ἐθέλει νήεσσιν ἀλεξέμεναι δήϊον πῦρ, 670 “Εἴπ' ἄγε μ ̓, ὦ πολύαιν' Οδυσεύ, μέγα κύδος Αχαιών, α) Give the Attic equivalent of γένοντο (1. 669), ὥς (1. 690), νήεσσι (1. 691). 6) Locate αλεξέμεναι (1. 674), ἠπείλησεν (1. 682), είπέμεν (1. 688). (To locate a verb form, state its mood, voice, and tense, and if finite, person and number, and tell what it comes from.) c) Account for the case of μένεος (1. 679), ἔθεν (1. 686). Explain the syntax of σαῷς (1. 681), ειπέμεν (1. 688). d) Give the derivation of ἀμφιελίσσας (1. 683). e) Scan lines 686, 687, 688, indicating quantities, division into feet, and metrical pauses. Account for the quantity of καί in line 688. f) Who was the third envoy? What event finally caused Achilles to renounce his wrath? HISTORY A-ANCIENT HISTORY 1925 Thursday, June 18 9 a.m. Two hours. Wherever the nature of the question permits, give dates, or otherwise indicate the time relation. GROUP I (Answer both questions) 1. Mention three men who raised their respective states to positions of leadership in Greece. Write an account of the public career of one of them. 2. Mention three Roman emperors after 14 A.D. conspicuous for organizing ability. Write an account of the public career of one of them. GROUP II (Answer one question) 3. Tell when and how the kingdom of the Ptolemies was set up in Egypt. Describe its civilization. When and how did Egypt become a part of the Roman Empire ? 4. Discuss the importance of the ancient city of Babylon in commerce and in culture. 5. Compare the religions of the Persians and the Hebrews, and mention the sacred book, the form of worship, and the chief religious teacher of each. GROUP III 6. Write a full account of the confederacy of Delos. 7. Describe the teachings and methods of Socrates. Name three other Greek philosophers. 8. Name three instances of conflict between Greece and Persia during the period 404-323 B.C. Describe one of them in detail. GROUP IV (Answer one question) 9. How did the Romans come into contact with the culture of the Greeks? In what respects did Rome benefit and in what respects was it harmed by this contact? 10. Describe the revolution in Rome under the Gracchi. 11. What is meant by the Golden Age and the Silver Age of Latin literature ? Mention the chief authors and their works in each period. (THIS EXAMINATION IS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) GROUP V (Required) 12. Complete the following sentences: a) tried to establish the worship of oe god in Egypt. b) Sargon II destroyed the city of in l'alestine. c) After the victory of, Lysander placed harmosts in Athens. d) The peace of — concluded the first period of the Peloponnesian War. e) Alexander extended his conquests eastward to the f) The last of the three great tragedians of Greece was was a center of Aegaean civilization in Crete. g) h) The history of the Peloponnesian War was written by i) j) River. was the first general to enlist landless men in the Roman Army. destroyed the city of Carthage. k) The first Roman province was 1) Pompey was given command of the Roman Army in the East by the law of 66 B.C. m) In the reign of, Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption from Vesuvius. n) The plebeians were given the right of intermarriage by the o) Jugurtha was king of. GROUP VI (Answer [a] and either [b] or [c]) 13. a) Locate and name on map A the sites of five of the following: 1. A seat of Roman government in Britain. 2. The victory of Caesar over Pompey. 3. The city taken by Cyrus in 546 B.C. 4. The capital of Judea. 5. The Olympic games. 6. The city taken by Rome in 133 B.C. 7. The Egyptian oracle consulted by Alexander. law. b) Locate and name on map A five Roman provinces east of the Adriatic Sea. c) Locate and name on map A five Greek colonies outside the Aegaean Sea. 1925 HISTORY A-ANCIENT HISTORY Tuesday, September 22 2 p.m. Two hours. Wherever the nature of the question permits, give dates, or otherwise indicate the time relation. GROUP I (Answer both questions) 1. Write a biography of either Themistocles or Epaminondas. 2. Write a biography of either Scipio Africanus the Elder or Julius Caesar. GROUP II (Answer one question) 3. Name and give a brief account of the work of three modern explorers, excavators, or discoverers who have added to our knowledge of oriental civilization. 4. What contributions did the Egyptians and the Phoenicians make to the civilization of Europe? 5. Write an account of the Hebrew people to 539 B.C. GROUP III (Answer one question) 6. Describe the physical geography of Greece and tell several ways in which it influenced the course of Greek history. 7. Describe the government of Athens in the age of Pericles. 8. In what ways has Greek architecture influenced the form and decoration of modern buildings? GROUP IV (Answer one question) 9. Describe the government of the Roman provinces in the age of Augustus. What changes were made in the system at the time of Diocletian or Constantine? 10. Name the additions of territory to Rome from 241 B.C. to 133 B.C. What evil effects resulted from these foreign conquests? 11. Name the author and title of a work in each of the following types of Roman literature: history, biography, epic poetry, drama, philosophy, satire, and science. (THIS EXAMINATION IS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) |