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 THE GREEK TRAGEDIANS. 421 (b) Why was a fine imjwsed upon liim for Lis MiXt^'tou aXioaLsl Where is the story related ? (c) Translate and explain /xivvpc^ovres /xcXr; dpxaLofi€i.<TLB(i)vo ]~ para. (Arist. Vesp.) 3. (a) What do you consider to be the object of Epic, and Dramatic poetry ? (b) What the chief characteristic of Grecian tragedy ? (c) How was the Di-ama encouraged at Athens ? (d) At what seasons of the year, and at which of the Dionysia, were dramatic entertainments given 1 (e) What is the controversy respecting the Lensea? (/) What was the natui-e of the laws irepl tcov OeoyptKwvl When introduced, and with what object? How does Demosthenes allude to them? 4. (a) W^hat account does Homer give of Philoctetes? How many ships did he bring to the war ? (b) Does he allude to his aid as requisite for the taking of Troy ? (c) Is his fate after the fall of Troy alluded to by Homer or Yirgil ? 5. (a) What is the situation of Lemnos with respect to Athens? (b) How came it to be inhabited by the Pelasgi ? (Herod. B. vi.) (c) How did it fall under the power of the Athenians? (ibid.) (d) WTiere was the island Chryse situated? What account does Pausanias give of it ? (e) How was Hercules connected ^dth it ? G. Explain the terms 'c?esura,' ^ quasi-csesura,' and 'pause' in the Iam- bic trimeter of the tragedians. 7. 'Ep/XT^s 8' o 7re//7rojv SoXtos i^yrjcraiTO va)v. (v. 133). (a) In what sense is Mercury called -itoixTraio^ in the Ajax? (b) Illustrate 7ro/x7ratos and SdXtos from Horace. (c) What is the meaning of the Homeric epithet eptowtos? (d) Translate : 'AXXa (T 6 Matas 7ro/X7ratos ai/a^ neXacretc 8o/xots, ^riv t' lirivotav (TTret'Seis Karc^wv npa^ctas. (Eurip. Med. 755.)