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310 THE SCHOOL When did he first gain the prize Mow many victories is he said to have gained During what interval In what year did he quit Athens To what country did he retire What causes are assigned for this What effect had this on his style Date and place of his death What is meant by the Tragic School of jfSschylus How was iEschylus renowned otherwise than as poet What is known of other members of his family and from what source What is the character of his style -of the personages of his dramas -of the construction of his plots Can you quote passage from Aristophanes explanatory of the object of iEschylus in the Septem Tnebas What improve- ments did he introduce in the composition and dramatic repre- sentation of tragedy How many plays of iEschylus remain Give them in the order and with the dates of their appearance Which of them form complete trilogy Translate 505-021 ed Hlomf Explain with illustrations from the above passage-1 The quantity of short vowel before mute and liquid -2 Th pause ill Iambic verse -3 The quantity of comparatives in ιων The use of the abstract for the concrete -5 Give paralle passages and allusions in other poets to the characters men- tioned Translate 717-792 ed Blomf Mark the metres of the first two strophes Give the meanings and derivations of όρκωμητεω οίακο- στροφός καταιγίζω εύεστώ ούτιδανυς μεσημβρινός ύπερκοπος άμπνκτήρ με αναιγ ς πίτυΧος θεωρ ς μεταίχμιον Distinguish the senses of ευ πρύσσω and εύ ποιεω-οΐκιστηρ and οικητήρ πύλις and άστυ-προς τιιϋτιι and πρός τούτοις- αστήρ and άστρον-εΊργειν and ε'ίρ-γειν-άμός and άμυς-εχθρός and ποΧεμιυς- αίλω and καλώς-κάκη and κακή-πείθω and πειθώ-ου μή with the Fut Indicative and the Conjunctive How do the following verbs differ in sense in the Active and Middle Voices άλεύω πορεύω πελάζω ε χω πυκάζω βουλεύω π άζω What play of Sophocles and Euripides is simi'ar to this in the plot and in what passage does the hitter appear to make pointed allusion to iEschylus