Nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnaso (2) Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso Persius. (c) (1) Bella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos canimus . . . .et rupto foedere regni Certatum totis concussi viribus orbis. Explain the use of certatum here. (2) Degener atque operae miles Romane secundae (e) (1) Quintiliane, vagae moderator summe iuventae Gloria Romanae, Quintiliane, togae. ין (2) Sit tibi terra levis mollique tegaris harena, Martial. 3. Three questions to be answered, in which Question (1) must be included. (1) "Perhaps no poetry of equal power and range is so deeply infected with rhetoric as the Roman." What were the chief causes contributing to this result in the Latin poetry of the Silver Age? (2) "Lucanus ardens et concitatus et sententiis clarissimus, et, ut dicam quod sentio, magis oratoribus quam poetis imitandus." (Quintilian). Translate this passage and show from your knowledge of the poem how the criticism applies to the Pharsalia. If possible, illustrate by quotations. (3) What is the subject of the first satire of Persius? (4) Sketch briefly the life of Martial. What is his importance in the history of literature? (5) What is meant by the title Silvae applied to the shorter poems of Statius? Briefly indicate the subjects of any two of the poems you have read and the manner in which each is treated. PRELIMINARY HONOURS GREEK. Homer and Aristophanes. 1. Translate: Homer, Iliad IV, 422-438. Homer, Odyssey VI, 162-179. 2. Translate, with critical and explanatory notes: 940-959. 3. Write a short account of the Cycles of Greek Epic. 4. Discuss the political and religious opinions of Aristophanes. 5. Write a brief notice of any four authors of Attic comedy, exclusive of Aristophanes. PRELIMINARY HONOURS GREEK. Sophocles and Euripides. 1. Translate, with notes critical and explanatory: Sophocles, Antigone, 531-547. 998-1027. 2. Commeent on Antigone's attitude to Ismene. 3. Illustrate from the Hippolytus Euripides' views on society and religion. 4. Write notes on Phrynichus and the question of a raised stage in the Classical Greek theatre. |