Q83AG1-E1

The University of Nottingham

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES

A LEVEL 3 MODULE, AUTUMN SEMESTER 2016

ADVANCED GREEK 1

Time Allowed 2 Hours

Candidates may complete the front cover of their answer book and sign their desk card but
must NOT write anything else until the start of the examination period is announced.

Answer ALL THREE questions

Dictionaries are not allowed with one exception. Those whose first language is not English
may use a standard translation dictionary to translate between that language and English
provided that neither language is the subject of this examination. Subject-specific translation
dictionaries are not permitted.

No electronic devices capable of storing and retrieving text, including electronic dictionaries,
may be used.

Candidates should not substantially repeat material from their assessed essays in attempting
answers.

DO NOT turn over the examination paper until instructed to do so.

Q83AG1-E1 Turn over

 2 Q83AG1-E1

1. Translate the following passage into fluent English. Please write your answer on alternate
lines. [30 marks]

Lucian compares an uneducated man who is proud of his book-collection to a man proud
of his prosthetic feet, and to Thersites.

καὶ ἐγένετό τις οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ ἐν Ἀσίαι πλούσιος ἀνήρ, τοὺς πόδας ἀπολεσάμενος ἀπὸ
τοῦ σφόδρα ψυχροῦ ἐπειδή ποτε διὰ χιόνος βαδίζων ἔτυχεν. οὗτος τοίνυν τοῦτο μὲν
ἐλεεινὸν ἐπεπόνθει, θεραπεύων δὲ τὴν συμφορὰν ξυλίνους πόδας πεποίητο. ἐκεῖνο δὲ
γελοῖον ἐποίει· κρηπῖδας γὰρ καλλίστας ἐωνεῖτο ἀεὶ καὶ τὴν πλείστην πραγματείαν
περὶ ταύτας εἶχεν, ὡς κάλλιστα κεκοσμημένα εἴη αὐτῶι τὰ ξύλα. οὐ ταὐτὰ οὖν καὶ σὺ
ποιεῖς, χωλὴν μὲν ἔχων τὴν γνώμην, ὠνούμενος δὲ χρυσᾶς κρηπῖδας;
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ τὸν Ὅμηρον ἐπρίω πολλάκις, ἀναγνώτω σοί τις αὐτοῦ λαβὼν
τὴν δευτέραν τῆς Ἰλιάδος ῥαψωιδίαν· πεποίηται δέ τις συμβουλεύων παγγέλοιος
ἄνθρωπος, αἰσχρὸς τὸ σῶμα καὶ τυπτόμενος. ἐκεῖνος τοίνυν ὁ Θερσίτης ὁ τοιοῦτος εἰ
λάβοι τὰ Ἀχιλλέως ὅπλα, οἴει ὅτι διὰ τοῦτο καὶ καλὸς ἅμα καὶ ἰσχυρὸς ἂν γένοιτο, καὶ
νικήσει τὸν Ἕκτορα, μηδὲ φέρειν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τὴν τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως μελίαν δυνάμενος;

(Lucian, To the Uneducated Book-Collector 6-7, adapted)

ἐλεεινός: pitiable πραγματεία, -ας, ἡ: concern

ξύλινος: wooden χωλός: lame
κρηπίς, -ῖδος, ἡ: boot ῥαψωιδία, -ας, ἡ: song (or a ‘book’ of Homer)
ὠνέομαι, aor. ἐπριάμην: I buy μελία, -ας, ἡ: ash-spear

2. Write an essay on one of the following titles: [30 marks]

a) How does Lucian characterise Timon?

b) How seriously should one take Lucian’s criticisms of the religious beliefs of his day?

c) To what extent are the texts you have studied in this module a valuable source for
social norms in the second century CE?

Q83AG1-E1 Turn Over

 3 Q83AG1-E1

3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions which follow:

ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Ὦ πάτερ, οἷα πέπονθα ὑπὸ τοῦ καταράτου ξένου, ὃς μεθύσας

ἐξετύφλωσέ με κοιμωμένωι ἐπιχειρήσας.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Τίς δὲ ἦν ὁ ταῦτα τολμήσας, ὦ Πολύφημε;
ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Τὸ μὲν πρῶτον Οὖτιν αὑτὸν ἀπεκάλει, ἐπεὶ δὲ διέφυγε καὶ ἔξω ἦν
βέλους, Ὀδυσσεὺς ὀνομάζεσθαι ἔφη. 5
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Οἶδα ὃν λέγεις, τὸν Ἰθακήσιον· ἐξ Ἰλίου δ’ ἀνέπλει. ἀλλὰ πῶς ταῦτα
ἔπραξεν οὐδὲ πάνυ εὐθαρσὴς ὤν;
ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Κατέλαβον ἐν τῶι ἄντρωι ἀπὸ τῆς νομῆς ἀναστρέψας πολλούς τινας,
ἐπιβουλεύοντας δῆλον ὅτι τοῖς ποιμνίοις· ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐπέθηκα τῆι θύραι τὸ πῶμα—
πέτρα δέ ἐστί μοι παμμεγέθης—καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἀνέκαυσα ἐναυσάμενος ὃ ἔφερον 10
δένδρον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους, ἐφάνησαν ἀποκρύπτειν αὑτοὺς πειρώμενοι· ἐγὼ δὲ
συλλαβών τινας αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἦν κατέφαγον ληιστάς γε ὄντας. ἐνταῦθα ὁ
πανουργότατος ἐκεῖνος, εἴτε Οὖτις εἴτε Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦν, δίδωσί μοι πιεῖν φάρμακόν
τι ἐγχέας, ἡδὺ μὲν καὶ εὐῶδες, ἐπιβουλότατον δὲ καὶ ταραχωδέστατον· ἅπαντα
γὰρ εὐθὺς ἐδόκει μοι περιφέρεσθαι πιόντι καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον αὐτὸ ἀνεστρέφετο 15
καὶ οὐκέτι ὅλως ἐν ἐμαυτοῦ ἦν, τέλος δὲ εἰς ὕπνον κατεσπάσθην.

Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 2.1-2

a) Parse the following verb-forms; include the dictionary-entry and its meaning: [4
marks each]
Example: πέπονθα (line 1) is 1st person singular perfect indicative active of πάσχω ‘I
suffer’.
i) ἐξετύφλωσε (line 2)
ii) κοιμωμένωι (2)
iii) ἀπεκάλει (4)
iv) ὀνομάζεσθαι (5)
v) κατεσπάσθην (16)

b) Identify and explain the gender and case of the following pronouns: [3 marks each]
Example: οἷα (1) is neuter accusative – neuter because it refers to ‘things’ suffered,
accusative because it is the direct object of πέπονθα.
i) ὃν (6)
ii) τινας (8)
iii) ὃ (10)
c) Translate lines 11-15, from ἐγὼ δέ... to … ἀνεστρέφετο. [11 marks]

Q83AG1-E1 End