CORPUS CHRISTI COLL. 1828.

1. Give a summary of the history of Athens from the retreat of Xerxes to the commencement of the Peloponnesian War, marking the dates of the principal events.

Point out the chief excellencies and defects of the characters of Themistocles, Aristides and Cimon. How far did the conduct and policy of each of these statesmen contribute to the prosperity of their country?

2. Mention what took place at the congress of the Peloponnesian confederacy held at Lacedæmon in the autumn of Olymp. 87. 1. By what arguments did the Corinthian deputies endeavour to prevail upon the Lacedæmonians to engage in war with Athens?

3. When did Pericles first take a part in public affairs, and when and whom did he succeed as first minister of Athens ?

How is the eloquence of Pericles described by Aristophanes ?

Give the substance of the speech ascribed to him by Thucydides (Book 1.) when he recommended his countrymen to resist the demands made upon them by the Lacedæmonians.

4. When did the Attic year commence, and in what way did the Athenians divide their months?

Translate and explain the following passage of Aristophanes :

πέμπτη, τετράς, τρίτη, μετὰ ταύτην δευτέρα

εἶθ', ἣν ἐγὼ μάλιστα πασῶν ἡμερῶν

δέδοικα, καὶ πέφρικα, καὶ βδελύττομαι,

εὐθὺς μετα ταύτην ἔστ ̓ ἔνη τε καὶ νέα. Nub. 1125-1128. What was the unv iußóλuos, and what was the object of it? Compute the day and month of our year corresponding with the 12th day of the month Anthesterion (ή δωδεκάτη ἐν τῷ ̓Ανθεστηριῶνι) mentioned chap. xv.

5. In what way and by whom were the Athenian vessels of war usually manned, and what was in most cases the full complement of the trireme? Shew how Thucydides affords the means of computing the number. Into what three classes were the rowers' divided?

How and by whom were the trierarchs appointed, and what

were the duties of their office? What alteration in the law respecting the trierarchs was introduced by Demosthenes?

6. Προσιόντων μὲν ἑξακοσίων ταλάντων ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ φόρου κατ ̓ ἐνιαυτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ξυμμαχῶν τῇ πόλει, ἄνευ τῆς προσόδου-Chap. xii. What was the origin of this tribute (φόρος) by whom was it first collected, and what was at first its yearly amount (I. 96.) ?

Who were the Ἑλληνοταμίαι, and when was their office suppressed?

Point out the chief distinctions between the conditions of the independent (αὐτόνομοι) and subject (ὑπήκοοι) allies of Athens.

From what sources was the remainder of the revenue (ή άλλη πρόσοδος) here mentioned principally derived at this time ?

What were the εἰσφοραὶ, how levied, and when were they first imposed?

7. ὑπαρχόντων ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει ἔτι τότε ἀργυρίου επισήμου εξακιστ χιλίων ταλάντων. Chap. xiii.

What sum is this in English money? In what part of the Acropolis was the public treasure preserved, and to what officers was the custody of it intrusted?

8. From what classes of Athenian citizens were the light-armed (ψιλοὶ) and heavy-armed (ὁπλῖται) soldiers usually taken ? Why was the life of a foot-soldier called τετρωβόλου βίος ? Give instances from Thucydides of the amount of pay which they received on different occasions.

9. ̓Ανέστησαν δὲ καὶ Αἰγινήτας τῷ αὐτῷ θέρει τούτῳ ἐξ Αἰγίνης ̓Αθηναῖοι.... ἐπικαλέσαντες οὐκ ἥκιστα τοῦ πολέμου σφίσιν αἰτίους εἶναι—Chap. xxvii. How could this charge be brought against the Æginetans? What seems to have been the policy of Pericles upon this occasion? Mention from Thucydides other instances of the same practice.

ἐξέπεμψαν ὕστερον οὐ πολλῷ ἐς αὐτὴν τοὺς οἰκήτορας-In cases of this sort, how was the property of the conquered people divided amongst the new settlers? What name did these bear, and what were their privileges?

10. Ελθων ἐς τὰς ̓Αθήνας ὁ Νυμφόδωρος τήν τε τοῦ Σιτάλκου ξυμμαχίαν ἐποίησε καὶ Σάδοκον τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ̓Αθηναῖον-Chap. xxix. In what manner does Aristophanes notice this in his play of the Acharnians ?

οὐ μὴ πρόσει τούτοισιν ἐσκοροδισμένοις. Ach. 155-167.

Explain the allusion in the last line.

In what year of the Peloponnesian War was the comedy of the Acharnians represented?

11. Translate the following passage :

Ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χειμῶνι οἱ ̓Αθηναῖοι,

-μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἀπέρχονται.—Chap. xxxiv.

What was the κάλλιστον προαστεῖον here mentioned ?

it situated, and whence did it derive its name?

Where was

Why is this custom of burying the slain called πάτριος νόμος ?

To whom is its institution attributed?

12. Translate the following passage into English and Latin :

Χαλεπὸν γὰρ τὸ μετρίως εἰπεῖν —

-φθονοῦντες ἤδη καὶ ἀπιστοῦσιν.—Chap. xxxv. 13. ἐκεῖνοί τε ἄξιοι ἐπαίνου, καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν κτησάμενοι γὰρ πρὸς οἷς ἐδέξαντο, ὅσην ἔχομεν ἀρχὴν, ἡμῖν τοῖς νῦν προσκατέλιπον-Chap. xxxvi. In what terms does Aristophanes speak on the same subject in his play of the Knights, ver. 568, &c.? What was at this time the extent of the Athenian empire? From what year is the commencement of this empire usually dated? Its duration is variously reckoned at 45, 65, 73 and 85 years. How are these varieties to be accounted for? Mention what events

these periods respectively comprise, and shew that they are not inconsistent with each other.

14. Translate the following passage :

Χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ—

-αξιώματος ἀφανείᾳ κεκώλυται. Chap. xxxvii. Mention some of the principal institutions and laws introduced by Solon, and shew how far that lawgiver is entitled to the praise bestowed upon him by Aristotle (Pol. Book II.) of having provided for the balance of the different powers of the state (μίξας καλῶς τὴν πολιτείαν.)

When and by whom was admission to offices of government granted alike to all Athenians?

What comparison does Polybius make use of in describing the Athenian democracy, and to what period in the history of Athens does his description (Book VI. 44.) seem more particularly applicable?

15. Τὰ ὄρνεα καὶ τετράποδα, ὅσα ἀνθρώπων ἅπτεται, πολλῶν ἀτάφων γιγνομένων ἢ οὐ προσῄει ἢ γευσάμενα διεφθείρετο. τεκμήριον δὲ τῶν μὲν τοιούτων ὀρνίθων ἐπίλειψις σαφὴς ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐχ ἑωρῶντο οὔτε ἄλλως οὔτε περὶ τοιοῦτον οὐδέν. οἱ δὲ κύνες μᾶλλον αἴσθησιν παρεῖχον τοῦ ἀποβαίνοντος διὰ τὸ ξυνδιαιτᾶσθαι.—Chap. 1.

Translate these words, and quote from Lucretius (Book VI.) the lines in which the same circumstances are described.

16. Translate :

Ἐπίεσε δ ̓ αὐτοὺς μᾶλλον πρὸς τῷ ὑπάρχοντι πόνῳ

—τοῦτο καὶ καλὸν καὶ χρήσιμον κατέστη.—Chap. lii. liii. 17. Translate the following passage from the Gorgias of Plato : ΣΩΚ. ̓Αλλὰ τόδε μοὶ εἰπὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ, εἰ λέγονται ̓Αθηναῖοι δια Περικλέα βελτίους γεγονέναι, ἢ πᾶν τοὐναντίον διαφθαρῆναι ὑπ ̓ ἐκείνου. ταυτὶ γὰρ ἔγωγε ἀκούω Περικλέα πεποιηκέναι ̓Αθηναίους ἀργοὺς, καὶ δειλούς, καὶ λάλους, καὶ φιλαργύρους, εἰς μισθοφορὰν πρῶτον καταστή

σαντα.

ΚΑΛΛ. Τῶν τὰ ὦτα κατεαγότων ακούεις ταῦτα, ὦ Σώκρατες.

ΣΩΚ. ̓Αλλὰ τάδε οὐκέτι ακούω, ἀλλὰ οἶδα σαφῶς καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ σὺ, ὅτι τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εὐδοκίμει Περικλῆς, καὶ οὐδεμίαν αἰσχρὰν δίκην κατε ψηφίσαντο αὐτοῦ ̓Αθηναῖοι ἡνίκα χείρους ἦσαν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ καλοὶ καγαθοὶ ἐγεγόνεσαν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τελευτῇ τοῦ βίου Περικλέους, κλοπὴν αὐτοῦ κατεψηφίσαντο ὀλίγου δε καὶ θανάτου ἐτίμησαν, δηλονότι ως πονηροῦ ὄντος.

ΚΑΛΛ. Τί οὖν ; τούτου ἕνεκα κακὸς ἦν Περικλῆς ;

How far can Pericles be justly charged with having introduced measures which tended to produce the effects here described? What is meant by the expression εἰς μισθοφοράν καταστήσαντα, and to the discharge of what duties did Pericles annex wages (motor), and what were the amounts of these? Quote passages of Aristophanes, in which allusion is made to them.

What is the description given of the Athenian people (oños) by that poet in his play of the Knights?

κλοπὴν αὐτοῦ κατεψηφίσαντο—what ground does there seem to have been for this charge, and what is the story told respecting it? 18. Translate the following passage into Greek :

Is there not something in the woods and groves, in the rivers and clear springs that sooths, that delights, that transports the soul? At the prospect of the wide and deep ocean, or some mountain whose top is lost in the clouds, or of an old gloomy forest, are not our minds filled with a pleasing horror? How sincere a pleasure is it to behold the beauties of the earth! What beauty, what contrivance is there in animal and vegetable bodies! How exquisitely are all things suited as well to their particular ends as to constitute opposite parts of the whole and while they mutually aid and support, do they not set off each other?

BOOK III.

TRINITY COLL. 1820.

I. 1. State all that Thucydides relates concerning himself; the reasons he assigns for selecting the Peloponnesian War as the subject of his history: his account of the opportunities he enjoyed, and the means he used, for obtaining accurate information: how far he means the speeches to be considered as genuine. Prove that he survived the war; and state the argument from a fact mentioned in Book iii. to prolong his life still further. Point out a passage

in