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 THE GREEK TRAGEDIANS. 419 was furnished by Greeks of Ionian extraction 1 Compare the statements of ^schylus and Herodotus as to the numljers of the Persian fleet. Supply the principal events omitted by ^schylus that intervened be- tween the battle of Salamis and the retreat of Xerxes, and between his arrival at Sardis and his return to Susa. 21. Translate : "EX^' CTt' aKpOV KOpVfJLJ^OV O)(0oV K-poKo/SaTTTOV TToSos cv/xttpiv acipwv Bao-iXctov Tiapas <!?6.Xapov 7ncf>av(TK(iiV. Explain the allusion in the last part of this passage. Is the evocation of Darius founded on Grecian or on Persian usage ? Where was Darius buried ? 22. Apyvpov TT-qyrj rts avrots ecrrt, 6r](Tavp6s x^o^o5. Describe the district in which this treasure lay, and mention the ancient and modern names of the principal towns in it. Give an ac- count of the manner in which its produce was applied before and at the time of ^schylus. By what peculiar privileges did the government en- courage the cultivation of it. Explain Xenophon's project for increasing its productiveness. 23. Explain the allusion in the words lav MaptavSvvov OprjvrjTrjpos TTc/xi/^o), and give some other examples of similar national usages. Why is Atossa made to describe Greece as 'laovwv yrjv, and afterwards to say, ■q pikv TriirXoia-t Hepa-LKol'; yjcTK-qfxeurjj y 8' avre Ao)pLKOLaLv1 Why do the Greek writers speak of the Persian war as ra MrjSiKa ? Why is Xerxes described as 'Xvpcov ap/xa StwKwv ? Translate : hippvp,a tc koX rpippvp.a Tekrjl What mention is found in history of the use of chariots in the Persian armies? 24. Translate the following passage, and arrange it in metrical order, naming the verses into which you divide it. hoXofirjTLv 8' a-n-drav Ocov TLs dvrjp ^varos aXv^ct ; rts o Kpanrvf^ ttoSI Tn/S^y/xaTos cvttctovs dvdcr- crcov ; <f)io(f)pwv yap uaivovcra ro irpwrov, irapdyti ftpoTov et? apKVdTara ToOev ovK IcTTtv VTTcp OvaTov dXvEavTa (fivyelv. 25. Define and exemplify the metrical terms, arsis, thesis, basis, anacrusis, anaclasis, ccesura, prosodia. What is meant by metres Kar' dvTLTrdOiiav fxiKTd ? What is an asynartetic verse ? Explain the grounds on which Hermann objects to the ancient mode of measuring the iambic verse. 27—2