13+ Scholarship Examinations 2015 GREEK 1 hour 30 minutes Answer all the questions. Suggested time allocations are given. You should have plenty of time to work carefully and accurately, and to check your work. Untidy work will be penalised. Use all the help given on the paper. Write this information in CAPITAL LETTERS. YOUR NAME:... NAME OF YOUR PREP SCHOOL:... NAME OF YOUR GREEK TEACHER:... HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STUDYING GREEK? (e.g. 2 terms with 2 x 30 minute lessons/week... WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK YOU USE? (e.g. John Taylor,Greek to GCSE Book 1, Athenaze, Greek for beginners by Wilding).... 1 P a g e
SECTION A MORPHOLOGY: Spend about 10 minutes on this section. Read the questions carefully and follow the instructions. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Change these plural words into the singular, keeping to the same case. The first one has been done for you as an example. δουλους τους στρατηγων δενδρα χωρων τιμαις PLURAL δουλον SINGULAR Change these singular verbs into the plural, keeping to the same person and tense, and then write down the tense of the verb. The first one has been done for you as an example. SINGULAR PLURAL TENSE ἐλυσας ἐλυσατε weak aorist ἐβαλον ἐτρεχες ἐθελω εἰπε(ν) ἠλασα TOTAL 10 MARKS 2 P a g e
SECTION B SENTENCES: Spend about 20 minutes on this section. Translate the sentences into good English, paying particular attention to singulars and plurals, and the tenses of the verbs. Write your answers in the spaces provided. a) ὁ δουλος προς το δεσμωτηριον τρεχει. b) ὁ τε ξενος και ὁ ἀγγελος συμμαχοι εἰσιν. c) ἀρα ὁ στρατηγος ἐκελευσε τους ἀνθρωπους φευγειν; d) ὁ σος ἱππος καλλιστος. e) τα δενδρα την οἰκιαν οὐ φυλαξει. TOTAL 20 MARKS 3 P a g e
SECTION C GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION: Spend about 40 minutes on this section. Use the INSERT. Read the passage, The Apple Tree, and look carefully at the vocabulary. Fill in the table as directed here. From lines 1-16, give the line number and write down an example of: an imperfect tense verb LINE NUMBER EXAMPLE IN GREEK a strong aorist verb a command/imperative a future tense verb a present tense verb an infinitive a genitive sandwich - write out all four words an adjective an adverb a preposition which takes the genitive case write out all three words, not just the preposition TOTAL 10 MARKS 4 P a g e
Translate lines 17-23 of The Apple Tree into good English in the spaces provided here. ὁ Θανατος οὖν εἰς το δενδρον ἀναβαινει, μηλον καταβαλλει. ἐμελλε τοτε καταβαινειν ἐκ του δενδρου. οὐ μεντοι οἱος τε ἤν. ὁ δε Πονος εἶπεν: 'ὦ Θανατε, δει σε ἐκει μενειν, ἕως ἄν ἀπαλλασσω. εἰ δε βουλει καταβαινειν, κελευω σε ἀθανατον ἐμε ποιειν. τελος δε, ὁ Θανατος ἐπι τουτοις ὡμολογησε και ἀπηλθεν. 5 P a g e
ὁ δε Πονος δια ταυτα ἀθανατος ἐν ἀνθρωποις ἐστιν. TOTAL 40 MARKS 6 P a g e
SECTION D PARALINGUISTIC SECTION ON GREEK SCULPTURE: Spend about 20 minutes on this section. (5 minutes per sub-question) Use the INSERT for the images. Look at the pictures of each statue and read the captions. Look at all the views and angles shown and include some reference to these in your answers. Use the captions too, for pointers about the issues which have interested other people who have looked at these statues. Plan your answer before you start to write. 6. STATUE A: The Anavyssos kouros a) How did this person die? b) Is the statue a realistic representation? c) Does the statue inspire pity in you? Explain your answers. 7 P a g e
STATUE B: The Diskobolos This statue represents an athlete. In what ways does this sculpture differ from STATUE A? 8 P a g e
STATUE C: The Apoxyomenos a) What new thing has Lysippus done in the pose of this statue? b) What do you think Pliny meant when he said, Then art ceased? Which statue, A, B or C, appeals to you most? Explain your answer.... END OF QUESTIONS 9 P a g e
INSERT FOR SCHOLARSHIP GREEK PAPER 2015 This insert has four pages. The Apple Tree ὁ θεος Ἑρμης το δενδρον ὁ αἐι φερει τα μηλα ὁ Θανατος Greek Sculpture Anavyssos kouros Diskobolos Apoxyomenos 1 P a g e
The Apple Tree 1 2 3 4 5 ὁ Πονος ἤν ποτε γεωργος. ὁ δε θεος Ἑρμης διεβαινε δι' Ἑλλαδος και ἦλθε προς την του Πονου οἰκιαν. 'παρεχε μοι σιτον, ὦ Πονε,' εἶπεν ὁ Ἑρμης, 'και δωρον σοι παρεξω.' 6 7 8 9 ἐχω δενδρον, εἶπεν ὁ Πονος, ὁ αἐι φερει τα μηλα. βουλομαι ἀνθρωπους δενδρον ἀναβαινειν και ἐκει μενειν ἑως ἄν κελευω ἐγω αὐτους καταβαινειν. ὁ θεος Ἑρμης 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 νυν δε ὁ Πονος γερων ἤν. ὁ οὖν Θανατος προς τον Πονον προσηλθεν. ' ἑτοιμος ἀποθνῃσκειν εἰμι,' εἶπεν ὁ Πονος, 'ἀλλα πρωτον, βουλομαι μονον μηλον ἀπο του δενδρου ἐσθιειν. το μεν δενδρον ὑψηλον ἐστιν, ἐγω δε γερων εἰμι και οὐχ οἱος τε εἰμι ἀναβαινειν. το δενδρον ὁ αἐι φερει τα μηλα ὁ Θανατος 17 ὁ Θανατος οὖν εἰς το δενδρον ἀναβαινει, μηλον καταβαλλει. 18 ἐμελλε τοτε καταβαινειν ἐκ του δενδρου. οὐ μεντοι οἱος τε ἤν. 19 ὁ δε Πονος εἶπεν: 'ὦ Θανατε, δει σε ἐκει μενειν, ἕως ἄν 20 ἀπαλλασσω. εἰ δε βουλει καταβαινειν, κελευω σε ἀθανατον 21 ἐμε ποιειν. 22 τελος δε, ὁ Θανατος ἐπι τουτοις ὡμολογησε και ἀπηλθεν. 23 ὁ δε Πονος δια ταυτα ἀθανατος ἐν ἀνθρωποις ἐστιν. 2 P a g e
ὁ Πονος, του Πονου ποτε ὁ γεωργος παρεχω ὁ αἐι φερει βουλομαι ἀναβαινειν ἑως ἄν κελευω ἐγω ὁ γερων ἐτοιμος ὑψηλον οἱος τε εἰμι ἐμελλε τοτε δει σε ἕως ἄν ἀπαλλασσω εἰ δε βουλει ποιειν τελος ἐπι τουτοις ὡμολογ ησε δια ταυτα Hard Work, Labour once, once upon a time farmer I give which always bears, produces I want to climb up until I tell, order old, old man ready high, tall I am able he was going to, he was about to then it is necessary for you, you must + infinitive until I release you, let you go but, if you want to make finally (Death) agreed to these terms, conditions because of this 3 P a g e
Paralinguistic section on Greek sculpture STATUE A. The Anavyssos kouros (This statue takes its name from a place, Anavyssos. The statue was on the grave of Kroisos. The sculptor is unknown.) "Stop and show pity beside the marker of Kroisos, dead, whom, when he was in the front ranks, raging Ares destroyed." Contemporary inscription at the grave Ares was the Greek god of war. STATUE B. The Discus Thrower (The Diskobolos by Myron) "Myron has created the enduring pattern of athletic energy. He has taken a moment of action so transitory that students of athletics still debate if it is feasible." Kenneth Clark, art historian STATUE C. The Athlete Scraping Himself (The Apoxyomenos by Lysippos) Of this Greek statue, a Roman writer said: "cessavit deinde ars" then art ceased. Pliny the Elder 4 P a g e