(i.) ἱᾶσι and ἴασι.

(k.) pos (neuter) and pas (masculine).

(l.) σύν and σῦν.

(m.) πείθω and πειθώ.

(κ.) Δία and διά.

(ο.) εἰπέ and εἶπε.

(γ.) οἴκοι and οἶκοι.

(q.) μόνη and μονή.

6. VERSIFICATION. VI.

1. What is meant by a syllable being long by nature, and long by position? Give instances,

2. Illustrate this:

"At the junction of compounds position holds true.

And what middle mutes stand before λ, μ, v.”

3. What is the quantity of the penult in

πατρὸς, ὕπνος, φάτνος, βρυγμός ?

4. What difference of usage, as to the penult of comparatives in -tv, exists in Homeric and Attic Greek?

5. Give instances of an iambus, spondee, trochee, tribrach, anapæst.

6. Define exactly rhythm; and state exactly of what two parts a rhythm consists, and explain them from their derivation.

7. Explain catalectic, brachycatalectic, acatalectic, hypercatalectic. 8. Write the scale of the iambic senarius.

9. In what case is an anapæst admitted into other feet than the first? and then under what limitation?

10. Name the principal cæsura in the senarius; and explain what is meant by quasi cæsura.

11. Which of the following two lines is correct? and why?

(α.) ή τόνδε φράζεις ; τοῦτον ὅνπερ προσβλέπεις.

(6.) ή τόνδε φράζεις ; τοῦτον ὅνπερ εἰσορᾷς.

12. Upon what grounds may any of the following lines stand or fall:

(α.) ἄνωθεν η κάτωθεν ; οὐ γὰρ ἐννοῶ.

(b.) ἄνωθεν ἢ κάτωθεν ; οὐ κοῦν ἐννοῶ.

(c.) νῦν δ' ἐχθρὰ ποιεῖ. τήν δ ̓ ἐπελθεῖν οὖν θέλω.

(α). μὴ μοι βεβήκῃ. πόλλα γὰρ τοῖς ἱγμένοις. (ε). κοὐκ αἰτιώμαι κεῖνον ὡς τοὺς ἐν τέλει. 13. Show how the following lines are faulty :

(α.) ἐφ' ούπερ Αχαιοῖς χρησθέν ἦν θῦσαι μόνον.
(6.) πεμφθεὶς δ' Οδυσσεὺς ἀμφοτέρους συνήγαγεν.
(c.) ἐξ ὑαλίνων ἐκπωμάτων καὶ χρυσίδων.

7. THE GREEK POETS. I.

1. Explain the connection between history and poetry in the early history of a country.

2. Illustrate this by giving an account of—

A. The early Roman songs or ballads.

B. The druids in England.

C. The bards in Scotland and Wales.

D. The troubadours in the early history of the European

states.

3. Give especially a short account of early Grecian poetry, and the history and manners of the country.

4. Write shortly the fabled history of―

A. Linus.

B. Orpheus.

C. Musæus.

5. Give a further account of Orpheus, and the songs, &c. attributed to him, and their fabled effect upon men's minds.

6. State briefly upon what grounds it is maintained by some writers that no such person as Homer (the author of the Iliad and Odyssey) ever existed.

7. Draw up their theory for the production of the Iliad and Odyssey; and explain the word rhapsodist.

8. State also briefly the grounds upon which it is maintained that Homer was an actual person, the author of the Iliad and Odyssey,—

A. From internal evidence.

B. From external evidence.

9. Explain then the following sentence: "Pisistratus primus, Homeri libros confusos antea, disposuisse dicitur."

10. What cities contend for the honour of being the birthplace of Homer?

11. State briefly all the historical account that can be gathered about Homer, and from them form a life of Homer.

12. Write a short account of the contents of his two great poems,— A. The Iliad.

B. The Odyssey.

13. What other works are attributed to Homer? and which of them, if any, upon good grounds?

14. Give some account of Hesiod and his works from the distich"Vivet et Æscræus dum mustis uva tumebit

Dum cadet incurva falce resecta Ceres."

15. Name the three Greek pastoral poets; and give some short account of them.

16. Describe also their kind of poetry; and name their Latin and English imitators.

17. Name the Greek lyric poets.

18. Give some especial account of the life and writings of Pindar, Alcæus, and Sappho, from the following quotations :—

A. Monti decurrens velut amnis, imbres

Quem super notas aluere ripas

Fervet immensusque ruit profundo.
Pindarus ore.

B. Et te sonantem plenius aureo

Alcae, plectro dura navis

Dura fugæ mala, dura belli.

C. Eoliis fidibus querentem,

Sappho puellis de popularibus.

See "History of Greek Literature," in the "Encyclopædia Metropolitana."

8. THE GREEK DRAMA. II.

1. In what important feature was the Greek drama different from that of other nations? and, as it fell into disuse, how was the deficiency supplied and what different arrangement rendered it no longer necessary for dramatic representation?

2. How were the persons composing it arranged? and what was their part in the performance? Thus explain strophe and antistrophe.

3. Explain the following, from the "Ars Poetica:"

4. Give some account of the dress of the actors, and explain,— "Grande sonant Tragici: Tragicos decet ira cothurnos

Usibus e mediis, soccus habendus erit."

5. Who is said to have been the author of dramatic entertainments, and what was the kind of performance, and the manner of it?

6. State the important alterations made by Eschylus in the manner of representation, so as to entitle him to the appellation of father of the Greek drama; and thus explain,—

"Post hunc personæ pallæque repertor honestæ,

Eschylus et modicis instravit pulpita tignis

Et docuit magnumque loqui nitique cothurno."

7. Describe the stage, the scenery, the actors, the chorus.

8. What important difference in dialect exists between the language of the chorus and that of the dialogue? and how may this be accounted for?

9. Explain prologue, epilogue, episode, exode.

10. Give a short history of the three Greek tragedians, with the year in which each flourished.

A. Eschylus.

B. Sophocles.

C. Euripides.

11. How many tragedies is Eschylus said to have written? and how many remain ?

12. Write a list of those that remain of the tragedies of Eschylus. 13. Write an account of the plot and matter, with a general description of Eschylus' great work, the following three plays :

A. "Agamemnon."

B. "Choephora."

C. "Eumenides."

14. How many tragedies is Sophocles said to have composed; and how many are now extant?

15. Write a list of all that remain.

16. Give a short description of the following:—

A. "Antigone."

B. "Edipus Tyrannus."

C. "Edipus at Colonus."

17. Write a list of the plays of Euripides that remain, or of as many as possible out of the nineteen.

18. Give a description of the following:

A. "Medea."

B. "Alcestis."

C. "Electra."

19. Write a short account of the famous comedian, Aristophanes. 20. Give a description of the old comedy; its object and method; and its evil or good effect upon public morality.

21. Write a list of the plays of Aristophanes.

22. Give a short general account of the following:

A. "Knights."

B. "Clouds."

C. "Wasps."

See "History of Greek Literature," in the "Encyclopædia Metropolitana.”

9. THE GREEK PROSE WRITERS. III.

1. Name three Greek writers of history, who may emphatically or particularly be called the three Greek historians; also, which of them is sometimes called the "father of history"?

2. Write a short life of Herodotus, giving the year of his birth.

3. Give some account of the travels of Herodotus, and the materials he thus collected for his book.

4. Describe the style of his writings, the dialect he used, &c., and the reception they met with from his countrymen.

5. Give a short general account of the matter of his history.

A. Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene.

B. Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Urania, Calliope.

6. Give instances from Herodotus of

A. Acute observation and accurate description.

B. The marvellous: and explain these in accordance with the truthful character of the historian.

7. Give some particulars of the birth, parentage, and early history of Thucydides, with the date.

8. With whom is he said to have been contemporary; and what