Final Examination of Greek 1121 Sample Examination for the Purposes of Study and Contemplation There are five pages of translation passages and grammatical and syntactic problems. Each page has twenty-four possible points. You are to choose four pages to complete out of the five, for ninety-six points. You get nine points automatically for putting your name on the final examination. 4 pages 24 points = 96 points 1 name 9 points = 9 points Total: 105 points Put your name here for nine points: Fitzwilliam Darcy Now choose four of the five pages to complete. Translate the four passages you choose and solve the grammatical and syntactic problems for those passages. You have two hours, so budget a half hour for each page that you choose.
φησὶ γὰρ δὴ τοὺς νέους ἀδικεῖν με διαφθείροντα. ἐγὼ δέ γε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀδικεῖν φημι Μέλητον, ὅτι σπουδῇ χαριεντίζεται, ῥᾳδίως εἰς ἀγῶνα καθιστὰς ἀνθρώπους, περὶ πραγμάτων προσποιούμενος σπουδάζειν καὶ κήδεσθαι ὧν οὐδὲν τούτῳ πώποτε ἐμέλησεν ὡς δὲ τοῦτο οὕτως ἔχει, πειράσομαι καὶ ὑμῖν ἐπιδεῖξαι. καί μοι δεῦρο, ὦ Μέλητε, εἰπέ ἄλλο τι ἢ περὶ πλείστου ποιῇ ὅπως ὡς βέλτιστοι οἱ νεώτεροι ἔσονται; Which kind of participle is διαφθείροντα (line 1), attributive, circumstantial, or supplementary? What are the comparative and superlative of the adverb ῥᾳδίως (line 2)? 1 Translate the passage above in the space below (12 points) and answer What are the positive and comparative (same case, number and gender) of πλείστου (line 6)? What are the positive and comparative (same case, number and gender) of βέλτιστοι (line 6)? What are the positive and superlative (same case, number and gender) of νεώτεροι (line 6)? Rewrite εἰπέ (line 5; simple imp.) as a continuous imperative (same person, number, voice).
ἴθι δή νυν εἰπὲ τούτοις, τίς αὐτοὺς βελτίους ποιεῖ; δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι οἶσθα, μέλον γέ σοι. τὸν μὲν γὰρ διαφθείροντα ἐξευρών, ὡς φῄς, ἐμέ, εἰσάγεις τουτοισὶ καὶ κατηγορεῖς τὸν δὲ δὴ βελτίους ποιοῦντα ἴθι εἰπὲ καὶ μήνυσον αὐτοῖς τίς ἐστιν. Ὁρᾷς, ὦ Μέλητε, ὅτι σιγᾷς καὶ οὐκ ἔχεις εἰπεῖν; καίτοι οὐκ αἰσχρόν σοι δοκεῖ εἶναι καὶ ἱκανὸν τεκμήριον οὗ δὴ ἐγὼ λέγω, ὅτι σοι οὐδὲν μεμέληκεν; ἀλλ εἰπέ, ὠγαθέ, τίς αὐτοὺς ἀμείνους ποιεῖ; Translate the passage above in the space below (14 points) and answer Which kind of participle is διαφθείροντα (line 2), attributive, circumstantial, or supplementary? Why is μέλον (line 2) accusative? What voice, tense/aspect, person, and number is μήνυσον (line 4)? 2 Rewrite οὐκ ἔχεις εἰπεῖν (lines 4 5) using any equivalent Greek expression. What is the subject of δοκεῖ (line 5)?
πρὸς αὐτῶν τοίνυν, ὦ Μέλητε, τούτων τῶν θεῶν ὧν νῦν ὁ λόγος ἐστίν, εἰπὲ ἔτι σαφέστερον καὶ ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τουτοισί. ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐ δύναμαι μαθεῖν πότερον λέγεις διδάσκειν με νομίζειν εἶναί τινας θεούς καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρα νομίζω εἶναι θεοὺς καὶ οὐκ εἰμὶ τὸ παράπαν ἄθεος οὐδὲ ταύτῃ ἀδικῶ οὐ μέντοι οὕσπερ γε ἡ πόλις ἀλλὰ ἑτέρους, καὶ τοῦτ ἔστιν ὅ μοι ἐγκαλεῖς, ὅτι ἑτέρους, ἢ παντάπασί με φῂς οὔτε αὐτὸν νομίζειν θεοὺς τούς τε ἄλλους ταῦτα διδάσκειν. Translate the passage above in the space below (16 points) and answer Rewrite μαθεῖν (line 3) as a continuous infinitive. What kind of dative is ταύτῃ (line 5)? ἡ πόλις (line 5) is the subject of what verb? What case, number, and gender are ὅ (line 6)? 3
ὦ Καλλία, ἦν δ ἐγώ, εἰ μέν σου τὼ ὑεῖ πώλω ἢ μόσχω ἐγενέσθην, εἴχομεν ἂν αὐτοῖν ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν καὶ μισθώσασθαι ὃς ἔμελλεν αὐτὼ καλώ τε κἀγαθὼ ποιήσειν τὴν προσήκουσαν ἀρετήν, ἦν δ ἂν οὗτος ἢ τῶν ἱππικῶν τις ἢ τῶν γεωργικῶν νῦν δ ἐπειδὴ ἀνθρώπω ἐστόν, τίνα αὐτοῖν ἐν νῷ ἔχεις ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν; τίς τῆς τοιαύτης ἀρετῆς, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης τε καὶ πολιτικῆς, ἐπιστήμων ἐστίν; οἶμαι γάρ σε ἐσκέφθαι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑέων κτῆσιν. ἔστιν τις, ἔφην ἐγώ, ἢ οὔ; Translate the passage above in the space below (16 points) and answer What case and number is ὑεῖ (line 1)? What kind of conditional is the μὲν branch of the first sentence (lines 1 4: εἰ μὲν up to νῦν δὲ)? What noun does τίνα (line 4) modify? 4 What voice, tense/aspect, person, and number is ἐστον (line 4)?
Χαιρεφῶντα γὰρ ἴστε που. οὗτος ἐμός τε ἑταῖρος ἦν ἐκ νέου καὶ ὑμῶν τῷ πλήθει ἑταῖρός τε καὶ συνέφυγε τὴν φυγὴν ταύτην καὶ μεθ ὑμῶν κατῆλθε. καὶ ἴστε δὴ οἷος ἦν Χαιρεφῶν, ὡς σφοδρὸς ἐφ ὅτι ὁρμήσειεν. καὶ δή ποτε καὶ εἰς Δελφοὺς ἐλθὼν ἐτόλμησε τοῦτο μαντεύσασθαι καί, ὅπερ λέγω, μὴ θορυβεῖτε, ὦ ἄνδρες ἤρετο γὰρ δὴ εἴ τις ἐμοῦ εἴη σοφώτερος. ἀνεῖλεν οὖν ἡ Πυθία μηδένα σοφώτερον εἶναι. Why is ὁρμήσειεν (line 3) optative? Which kind of participle is ἐλθὼν (line 4), attributive, circumstantial, or supplementary? 5 Translate the passage above in the space below (14 points) and answer Rewrite ἐλθὼν (line 4) as a continuous participle. What voice, tense/aspect, person, and number is ἴστε (lines 1 and 3)? Why is εἴη (line 5) optative?