To what verb is eloopa referred in Attic writers? Give instances of the nominativus pendens, and the use of the abstract for the concrete. On what principle does Porson adopt the reading in v. 300. γονυπετεῖς ἕδρας προπιτνῶ σ' ? By what actions was grief usually indicated on the death of friends? Give illustrations from this and other plays. Cite analogous constructions to ἄπεπλος φαρέων λευκῶν in v. 334. What is the sense of ἀπήνας ὁμοπτέρου in v. 338 ? What observation does Porson make on the reading in v. 372. οὕτω δὲ τάρβους εἰς φόβον τ' ἀφικόμην ? Illustrate the expression σκότον δεδορκώς. Supply the ellipse in δούλου τόδ' εἶπας, μὴ λέγειν ἅ τις φρονεῖ. In τὰς τῶν κρατούντων ἀμαθίας φέρειν χρεών, what various reading is noticed, and how accounted for by Valck.? Quote Cicero's reference to this line. On what grounds is the compound Euvaropeiv objectionable? State the force of ἂν in v. 412. ποτὲ μὲν ἐπ ̓ ἦμαρ εἶχον, εἶτ ̓ οὐκ εἶχον ἄν. Give Valck.'s and Porson's interpretation of v. 414. ev πρᾶσσε· τὰ φίλων δ' οὐδὲν, ἤν τις δυστυχῇ. What does the formula v raura imply? Point out the interrogative force of dira. Relate the adventure by which Polynices became allied to Adrastus. Notice the peculiarity in the expression διαλλάξασαν ὁμογε νεῖς φίλους. Explain the construction τάσσων ἐπέσχον πόλιν. Illustrate the government in τόνδ' εἰσεδέξω τειχέων. To what rule is μveía an exception with regard to quantity? State the principle on which the construction of the nominative or accusative preceding the infinitive depends. Give instances of the opposition between ὄνομα and ἔργον. What is the government of verbs signifying to love, to desire, &c.? What objection does Elmsley urge to the metre of this line : ξυνδεῖ· τὸ γὰρ ἴσον νόμιμον ἀνθρώποις ἔφυ. Specify the force of era in the commencement of a sen tence. What force does the particle Tou sometimes convey? Distinguish between ἱστάναι and ἵστασθαι τρόπαιον. State the initiatory ceremonies usually observed in sacrifices. What is remarkable in the quantity of ἀπότροποι in v. 595. ὦ θεοὶ, γένεσθε τῶνδ ̓ ἀπότροποι κακῶν ? State Elmsley's objections to the orthography of ἀνάλωται. Give the correct translation of the expression τὸν ἐμὸν οἰκήσω δόμον. What case is πατρίδ' in v. 614. τίς δ ̓ ἂν κλύοι σου πατρίδ' ἐπεστρατευμένου ; What deities were designated as θεοὶ λευκόπωλοι ? Adduce examples of the play on the v. χαίρω. Translate and illustrate the formula αὐτὸ σημανεῖ. To what deity, and in what part of the Grecian stage, was an altar erected? Mention instances of the play on proper names, Polynices &c. in the tragedians and other writers. Illustrate by examples the enallage in δεργμάτων κόραισι. What is the ellipse in v. 714. ὡς εἰς λόγους ξυνῆψα Πολυνείκει μολών ? State Valckenaer's observation on the construction of v. 717. ἀλλ ̓ εἰς θεοὺς χρὴ ταῦτ ̓ ἀναρτήσαντ' ἔχειν. What peculiar usage has the article in interrogations? Supply the ellipse in the line ὡς οὐ καθέξω τείχεων ἔσω στρατόν. What similar ellipse is usual after βούλομαι and volo ? Give parallel instances of the idiom προκρίνας οἵπερ ἀλειμώτατοι. What case is usual after σφάλλεσθαι ? Το what figure is οὐκ ἄγαν σφ' ἐπήνεσα v. 776. referred ? What is objectionable in the reading of this line, ἓν δ' ἡμῖν ἀργόν ἐστιν, εἴ τι θέσφατον ? How is it corrected ? In v. 782. ἄξοντα πέμψω δεῦρο Τειρεσίαν, Valck. and Porson have preferred λαβόντα. State the objections to this emendation. Illustrate the force of rapà in composition. In what meaning do στέφανος and corona coincide ? Explain the metaphorical use of ὄμμα in 'Αρτέμιδος χιονό τροφον ὄμμα Κιθαιρών. What sense does öveidos sometimes bear? Exemplify the usage of the prep. ὑπὸ in λύρας υπο πύργος ἀνέστα. Specify the various conjectures that have been proposed in ν. 861. ὡς πᾶσ ̓ ἀπήνη, ποῦς τε πρεσβύτου φιλεῖ κ. τ. λ. Show by dates that Euripides appears to be guilty of anachronism in his reference to the war between Erechtheus and Eumolpus. What is the difference in the quantity of yépa in Attic. writers and Homer? State the uses and consequent variation in the quantity of ȧpá. Do the tragic writers admit the hiatus after rí? Why is Κάδμῳ to be preferred to Κάδμον in v. 948. Κάδμῳ παλαιῶν ̓́Αρεος ἐκ μηνιμάτων ? What peculiar meaning does wλos bear in tragic writers? What is frequently the force of the participle present? Why does Porson prefer ἀπαλλαχθεὶς to ἀπαλλαγείς ? Distinguish between οὔκουν and οὐκοῦν, πολυφθόρος and πολύφθορος. What is the quantity of ἔρυμα ? In what sense is ovyyvwunv exeiv used in the Phoenissæ, and what is its usual meaning? Explain the use of the particle pá. Point out and illustrate the peculiarity of construction in φοιτάσι πτεροῖς. To what dialect is Tedaípovoa to be referred? Instance similar forms. Illustrate from both Greek and Latin writers the construction ἀσμένοισιν ἦλθες ἡμῖν. In what writer is it supposed to be of most frequent occurrence? By what peculiarity in their armour are the Argive army distinguished in the tragedians? Specify the devices on the shields of the seven chiefs. Notice the discrepancies relative to them in Eschylus. How does Porson punctuate this passage ? δεξιᾷ δὲ λαμπάδα Τιτάν Προμηθεὺς ἔφερεν ὣς πρήσων πόλιν. What objections have been urged against his opinion? State the difficulties with respect to the seven gates of Thebes in the accounts of the principal authors. Give instances of the peculiar application of the term Kußioτητὴρ in Homer. What is the use of the pronoun viv in the tragedians? How would you translate ξέστ' ἐνηλάτων βάθρα ? Give the derivation of ἐνήλατα. Exemplify and explain the usage of the verb ἀπολαῦσαι. How are verbs of the same form as Spaoeiw deduced? To what class of Latin verbs do they correspond? Are they numerous in Greek? Supply the ellipse in v. 1232.: τί μ' οὐκ εἴασας ἐξ εὐαγγέλου Φήμης ἀπελθεῖν, ἀλλὰ μηνῦσαι κακά ; and give parallel instances. Eurip. Phan. N Give the derivation of ἐπιῤῥοθέω. State the observations usually made on the flame of the sacrifices. On what grounds does Porson restore κἄπαθλα for καὶ τἆθλα in v. 1277? Illustrate the construction δίδυμα τέκεα, πότερος. Explain the scansion of v. 1327. φόνος ἕνεκεν Εριννύων. Which of the two forms eidoins and eideíns is correct, and why? Distinguish accurately between πῶς καὶ and καὶ πῶς. Is there any evidence that trumpets were in use in the heroic ages? Who were the Tuppópol? Give the meanings of ψάω, ψαύω, ψαίρω. Under what limitation is is used for eis and πpós? Give the oldest instance. On what principle is kev πs faulty? Is káeì correct? Produce examples of participles passive with an accus. What canon is violated by the line, καὶ γῆς φίλης ὄχθοισι κρυφθῶ καὶ τάφῳ ? State the distinction between the gen. and accus. absolute. Explain the idiom ἁβρὰ παρηΐδος. What colored robes were usually worn by females? Instance some allusions. Cite instances from Latin writers of the usage of nouns similar to ἡγεμόνευμα for ἡγεμὼν, δούλευμα for δοῦλος. Explain the idiom in μονομάτορος ὀδυρμοῖς ἐμοῖς. Give analogous examples from Latin writers. What is the termination of nouns compounded of μrnp and πατήρ ? How are the compounds of rous declined? How is elev deduced? State Porson's canon respecting the usage of the particle with aλà μ &c., and explain the principle on which it b founded. Give Porson's reasons for preferring ǹ ivvσav žμépav to ἐπιοῦσαν. What is the quantity of ȧvip in Attic writers? Distinguish between the genitives Aavaidor and wr. In what sense is orépyw used in tragic writers? Vindicate the idiom ἄθλιοι παρθένων. Why is rλàs and not rλas read by Porson? Explain the invocation with which the Medea terminates In what other plays does it occur? GREEK INDEX. Α. αἴρειν and αἰωρεῖν conf. 1585. γράμην 444 • Doric for η, whether it can be short, αἰσχήμων, αἰσχρήμων, not Greek 1622 1582 a and eu conf. 216 a and οι conf. 1358 a and os conf. 636 ἁβρός. ἁβρὰ παρηΐδος 1500 ἄγαν. οὐκ ἄ. 776 ἀγαπάζω 1347 αἴσχιστος 1235. αἴσχ. and ἔχθιστος Αἰτωλὶς, Αἰτωλός, 1182 αἰὼν σκότιος 1498 αἰωρεῖν and αἴρειν conf. 1585 ἄγονος 1613 Αγυιεύς 640 ἀκρόκομος 1530 ἀγὼν λόγων 597. 944. ἀγῶνα πράσσειν ἄκρος. ἄκρα λαμπὰς 1272 1351 ἀδάμαστος, ἀδάματος 649 ἀδικεῖν, play on this and similar words, ἀεὶ, αἰεὶ 85. 340. καὶ never forms a ἄελπτα 320 ἄθαπτος and ἄταφος conf. 1645 ἀλαίνειν 1552 ἀλαλαὶ, ἀλαλαγαί, 345 ἀλλά. ἀλλ ̓ οὖν 508. ἀλλὰ γὰρ 1328. ἆθλον has the first long, because con- ἀλλόχροος, ἀλλόχρως 138 tracted from ἄεθλον 1277 αἴδεσθαι, αἰδεῖσθαι 1503 αἰθὴρ and ἥλιος conf. 514 αἷμα, αἵματα, 20. 1517. αἷμα and εἷμα αἰνεῖν, to acquiesce, 491. conveys an αἱρεῖν. ἑλὼν and ἔχων 566. ἑλὼν and ἄλυρος μοῦσα 1042 ἀμαθίαι 401. 593 ἁμαξοπληθὴς 1174 ἀμείβειν δι' αἱμάτων 1066. ἀμείβων ἀμφὶ, constr. of, 120. ἄλυρον ἀ. μοῦσαν |