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 THE GREEK TRAGEDIANS. 427 What was the connexion between Euripides and Anaxagoras? Men- tion any instances in which Euripides has expressed the opinions of this philosopher. (d) What are the cai/iScs 0pfjo-o-at here alluded to ? (e) In what metre are these lines written? 6. Describe the general features of a Greek dramatic representa- tion. Where was the Theatre of Athens situated ? Quote instances of allusions made by the dramatists to the locality of the Theatre and the surrounding scenery. 7. What was x'^P^^ StSoVat? When did the tragic contests take place ? In what year did Euripides bring out the Tetralogy to which the Alcestis belonged, and what was his fortune on this occasion 1 What play in this Tetralogy was continually ridiculed by Aristophanes, and why ? How is it parodied in the Acharnians ? Translate : ^i) 817 [xe ravT, w (TTOiixvXiocvXXcKTdSrj Kat TTTuxoTTOLe Koi paKLocrvfipaTTTdSr] ; What was probably the object of Aristophanes in composing the Frogs ? Translate and explain: HA. KaTreira ttojs Ov Koi '^o(fiOKXir]<; avTeXd^ero Tov Opovov; AI. Met At' ovK iKeivo<i, dXX* eKvcre filv Al(rxvXoVj "Ore St] KarrjXOe, Kave^aXe rrjv Se^tdv, KctKeti/os V7r€)(ojpr]cr€V avrio tov Opovov, 8. Give the general rule for the construction of verbs with the particle dv. What do you conceive to be the origin of this word? Show that there is no need of alteration in ov yap 0T8' av et 7reicraijU,t vtv, and confirm this reading by adducing a similar construction in Latin. 9. Tt creaLyrjrat S6iJio<; 'AS/x-^rovj Ov rdv cfiOiixivas y lanoiroiv. Distinguish between a-iyav and o-tcoTrav. Which of these words cor- responds to tacere and which to silere ? 10. Translate : KXvu T15 Tj (nevayixov, y Xepwv KTVTTOV Kara o-reya?, '^H yoov MS 7r€7rpayfXiV(i)V ;