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1. They say that when animals were endowed with voices, the sheep said to her master4: "You do 5 a curious thing, because to us who provide you wool 10 and lambs 11 you give nothing that we don't take 12 from 13 the earth,14 while 15 to the dog 16 you give 17 [-some-7] of the food 18 you have yourself." And that the dog, who had been listening,19 said: "But I am your preserver,20 so that you are not carried 21 off by wolves; 22 since,23 if I should not guard 24 you, you could not feed,25 through-fear 26 of death." " 27

1. ζῶον. 2. φωνήεις. 3. οἶς. 4. δεσπότης. 5. ποιέω. 6. θαυμαστός. 7. omit. 8. because you relat. pronoun. 9. παρέχω. 10. ἔριον. 11. ἄρνες (plural). 12. λαμβάνω. 13. ἐκ. 14. γῆ. 15. δέ. 16. κύων. 17. μεταδίδωμι. 18. σίτος. 19. ἀκούω. 20. σώζω. 21. ἁρπάζω. 22. λύκος. 23. ἐπεί. λάττω. 25. νέμομαι. 26. φοβοῦμαι. 27. ἀπόλλυμι.

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1. He was brought up1 at 2 the court that, while a boy," he used to converse the Persians.io 2. Would that he had given 11 me what hẹ promised 12 to give him! 3. Old men 18 say that life 14 is burdensome 15 to them; but if death 16 comes 17 near,18 nobody wants 19 to die.20

1. παιδεύω. 2. ἐπί.

6. Participle of εἰμί.

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3. θύρα (plural). 4. βασιλεύς. 5. ὥστε. 7. παῖς. 8. διαλέγομαι. 9. ἀγαθός.

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Πέρσης. 11. δίδωμι. 12. ὑπισχνέομαι. 13. γέρων. 14. ζάω. 15. βαρύς. 16. Θάνατος. 17. ἔρχομαι. 18. πλησίον. 19. βού λομαι. 20. ἀποθνήσκω.

XXVI.

1. Seuthes asked, "Would you be willing, Episthenes, to die for this boy?" And he said, holding up his hands, "Strike, if the boy commands you to strike." 2. He feared that the men from the mountains would not make war with the Greeks.

N. B. The sentences below need correction: write out corrected forms for them with a right translation.

3. Εἰ οὐδεις έρχομαι ἵνα ἀκουοι ἐμε, οὐδεις σοφώτερος εἰσιν.

4. Ανιστησαν οἱ Ἕλληνες και εἶπον τον παις εἰς τω πολεως τουτῳ εἶναι.

5. And Xenophon, on arriving, said to Seuthes, that the men were friendly, and would have sent mercenaries if he had asked it.

XXVII.

1. The general with all his soldiers sailed away from the island, thinking that Cimon had come from Athens with twenty-seven ships. 2. The gods know well what it is best for man to have: to some they give much gold, to others a beautiful body, to others neither of these gifts. 3. (Write the following sentence in a corrected form, with the accents.)

Γαρ έδωσα έμαυτος αὐτους ένα ταλαντον δε οἱ ἀνθρωποι ἐπαυσονται μαχοντες.

XXVIII.

And immediately these soldiers came back and informed Xenophon that the enemy in great numbers had occupied the heights before Cleonymus had been able to lead his horsemen into the village. Then Xenophon said that if it seemed best to

the other generals, he himself would march with his own men against the barbarians, that they might not attack the Greeks with their whole force.

XXIX.

Xenophon, the Athenian, fearing that, if he should leave Chirisophus and proceed by himself to attack the enemy, the barbarians would easily master the rest of the Grecian force before he could send them assistance, said that if the gods were willing to save them, they could save them where they were; but if not, that it was fitting that they should remain and suffer whatever the gods appointed until death came.

GREEK GRAMMAR.

I.

1. DECLINE θάλασσα, πλόος, and λέων throughout, and γύψ in the singular. Explain the Accent of the oblique cases of yú, 2. Decline the Adjective μέλας. Compare σώφρων and σοφός, and give the rules. Compare péyas. 3. Decline ouros and eμavτοῦ. 4. Give the rule for the Augment of verbs compounded with a preposition. Give the Imperfect Indicative Active of ἐπιγράφω and περιγράφω. 5. Give the rules for the formation of the Future Active. Inflect the Future Indicative Active of ayyéλw. 6. Give the Second Aorist Indicative (Active, Passive, and Middle) of λeinw. Inflect the Present Optative Active of Tiμάw. 7. Give a synopsis of the Second Aorist Active of τioŋμ, and inflect the Imperative. 8. Mention any classes of verbs which are followed by the Genitive. How is the Agent expressed after verbals in -τέος ? 9. Κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι (hair resembling that of the Graces): Explain the Dative Xapíreσow. 10. What constructions follow iva and onws to denote a purpose? When is each construction used? 11. Divide the following verses into feet, and name the feet:

Χαίρετε, κήρυκες, Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν,

*Ασσον ἴτ'· οὔτί μοι ἔμμες ἐπαίτιοι, ἀλλ ̓ ̓Αγαμέμνων.

II.

1. Decline the Nouns povoa and Teixos. Explain the change of accent in povoa where it is not the same as in the Nominative Singular. What nouns in a of the first declension have as in the Genitive Singular? 2. Decline the Adjective xapies in the Singular. 3. Decline the Pronouns σú and ouros. 4. What are the syllabic and temporal augments respectively? What is the or

dinary reduplication, and what is the Attic reduplication}

5. Conjugate the Verbs τρίβω, ἀγγέλλω, and γράφω. Infect the Perfect Indicative Passive of ypápw, and explain the euphonic changes which the root ypad- undergoes in that tense. 6. How is the Future Active of a liquid verb formed? 7. Give a synopsis of the Present and Second Aorist Active of torque, and inflect those tenses in the Indicative. 8. What is the difference between ὁ σοφὸς ἀνήρ and ὁ ἀνὴρ σοφός ? What does ἀνὴρ ὁ σοφός mean? What do avròs ó ảvýp and ó avròs ȧvýp mean? 9. In the phrase ἐκ τούτων δν λέγει, explain the case of ὧν. 10. In dependént clauses, which tenses of the Indicative are followed by the Subjunctive, and which by the Optative? 11. Translate λav@ávet ἑαυτὸν σοφὸς ὤν, and explain the use of λανθάνω with the participle.

III.

1. Which consonants are called labials, which linguals, and which palatals? Explain Syncope and Crasis, and give an example of each. 2. Define an Enclitic. Give the Enclitics which you remember. 3. Decline the Nouns μοῦσα and πρᾶγμα.

Give the rule for the accent of the Genitive Plural of each. 4. Compare ἀληθής, ἀγαθός, and κακός. 5. Decline öde in the Singular, and ooris in the Plural. 6. Explain the Attic Reduplication, and give an example. How are verbs beginning with a diphthong augmented? Give the Imperfect and First Aorist Active of airéw. 7. Inflect the First Aorist Middle Indicative of βουλεύω, and the Second Aorist Passive Optative of λείπω. 8. Give a synopsis of the Second Aorist Middle of Tienμ through all the moods, and inflect the Indicative. 9. Where are evpoi, Euphσo, and evpe@ein formed, and from what verb? 10. What cases follow Verbs of accusing, prosecuting, and convicting? If these verbs are compounded with karά, what construction follows them? 11. Translate ἐκ τούτων ὧν λέγει, and οἴχεται ὃν εἶδες avopa. Explain the attraction in each case. 12. Explain the Genitive Absolute. When is the Accusative Absolute used?

SOPHOMORE QUESTIONS. 1. Translate Εἶπεν ὅτι τοῦτο ποιοίη,