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CLASSICAL GREEK (PRINCIPAL) 9787/04

Paper 4 Prose Composition or Comprehension May/June 2019
1 hour 30 minutes
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1 Translate the following passage into Greek. Write your translation on alternate lines.

Philip at Olynthus

Meanwhile the streets were empty, for none of their allies dared to be seen in the open. Thirty
men, however, could easily capture a city, but were too few to retain it, and Philip1 was now afraid
that both he himself and his soldiers would soon be in great danger. In his eagerness he had
arrived swiftly; but having ordered the rest of the army to follow closely, he was surprised that they
were not yet present. At daybreak he rode out to seek his companions, and found them wandering
in the woods, having completely lost their way. ‘Unless you return with me immediately’, he cried,
‘all our friends will perish and the enemy will take the city’. So he led them back to Olynthus2; but
they arrived too late3, as their companions had fled and the citizens were guarding the gates.

1Philip ὁ Φίλιππος, -ου

2Olynthus ἡ Ὄλυνθος, -ου
3too late ὀψέ

[Translation: 52]

[Style and fluency: 8]

[Total: 60]

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2 Read the passage and answer the questions which follow.

Socrates teases Alcibiades about his ambition.

δοκεῖς γάρ μοι, εἴ τίς σοι εἴποι θεῶν· “Ὦ Ἀλκιβιάδη, πότερον βούλει ζῆν ἔχων ἃ νῦν
ἔχεις, ἢ αὐτίκα τεθνάναι εἰ μή σοι ἐξέσται μείζω κτήσασθαι;” δοκεῖς ἄν μοι ἑλέσθαι
τεθνάναι· ἀλλὰ νῦν ἐπὶ τίνι δή ποτε ἐλπίδι ζῇς, ἐγὼ φράσω. ἡγῇ, ἐὰν θᾶττον1 εἰς τὸν
Ἀθηναίων δῆμον παρέλθῃς – τοῦτο δ´ ἔσεσθαι μάλα ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν – παρελθὼν
οὖν ἐνδείξεσθαι Ἀθηναίοις ὅτι ἄξιος εἶ τιμᾶσθαι ὡς οὔτε Περικλῆς οὔτ´ ἄλλος 5
οὐδεὶς τῶν πώποτε γενομένων, καὶ τοῦτ´ ἐνδειξάμενος μέγιστον δυνήσεσθαι ἐν
τῇ πόλει, ἐὰν δ´ ἐνθάδε μέγιστος ᾖς, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησι, καὶ οὐ μόνον ἐν
Ἕλλησιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς βαρβάροις, ὅσοι ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμῖν οἰκοῦσιν ἠπείρῳ. καὶ
εἰ αὖ σοι εἴποι ὁ αὐτὸς οὗτος θεὸς ὅτι αὐτοῦ σε δεῖ δυναστεύειν ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ,
διαβῆναι δὲ εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν οὐκ ἐξέσται σοι οὐδὲ ἐπιθέσθαι τοῖς ἐκεῖ πράγμασιν, 10
οὐκ ἂν αὖ μοι δοκεῖς ἐθέλειν οὐδ´ ἐπὶ τούτοις μόνοις ζῆν, εἰ μὴ ἐμπλήσεις τοῦ σοῦ
ὀνόματος καὶ τῆς σῆς δυνάμεως πάντας ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν ἀνθρώπους· καὶ οἶμαί σε
πλὴν Κύρου καὶ Ξέρξου ἡγεῖσθαι οὐδένα ἄξιον λόγου γεγονέναι. ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἔχεις
ταύτην τὴν ἐλπίδα, εὖ οἶδα καὶ οὐκ εἰκάζω.
Plato, Alcibiades 1. 105a–c
1ἐὰν θᾶττον as soon as

(a) Lines 1–2 (δοκεῖς … κτήσασθαι): what alternatives does Socrates imagine a god offering
Alcibiades? [6]

(b) Lines 2–3 (δοκεῖς ἄν … φράσω): how does Socrates imagine Alcibiades will respond, and
what does he say he (Socrates) will now do? [4]

(c) Lines 3–4 (ἡγῇ … ἡμερῶν): what does Socrates think will happen in just a few days’ time?
[2]

(d) Lines 4–6 (παρελθὼν … γενομένων): what, in Socrates’ view, is Alcibiades then expecting
to show the Athenians? [5]

(e) Lines 6–8 (καὶ τοῦτ´ … ἠπείρῳ): what does Socrates say here about Alcibiades’ expectations?
[8]

(f) Lines 8–10 (καὶ εἰ … πράγμασιν): what restrictions does Socrates now imagine the same
god imposing upon Alcibiades? [6]

(g) Lines 11–12 (οὐκ ἂν αὖ … ἀνθρώπους): how does he imagine Alcibiades will react? [5]

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(h) Lines 12–13 (καὶ οἶμαί … γεγονέναι): how does Socrates represent Cyrus and Xerxes as
featuring in Alcibiades’ thoughts? [2]

(i) Lines 13–14 (ὅτι … εἰκάζω): what final claim does he make in this whole matter? [2]

(j) Explain the mood of each of the following verbs:

(i) εἴποι (line 1);

(ii) ᾖς (line 7). [4]

(k) Explain the cases of the following words:

(i) ἡμερῶν (line 4);

(ii) πράγμασιν (line 10);

(iii) ὀνόματος (line 12). [3]

(l) Give the first person singular present indicative active of the verbs from which the following
come:

(i) ἐνδειξάμενος (line 6);

(ii) διαβῆναι (line 10);

(iii) ἐμπλήσεις (line 11). [3]

(m) Give an example from the passage of each of:

(i) a weak aorist infinitive middle;

(ii) a perfect infinitive active;

(iii) a second declension feminine noun;

(iv) an aorist participle active. [4]

(n) What part of what verb is each of the following:

(i) ζῆν (line 1);

(ii) ἑλέσθαι (line 2);

(iii) δυνήσεσθαι (line 6)? [6]

[Total: 60]

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