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308 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Give an account of the affair cf the Melians and state any other instances of democratic injustice and oppression especially in the case of the Athenians life and character of Alcibiades Enumerate the principal events of the Peloponnesian War recorded in the IVth Vth and Vlth Books of Thucydides and give the dates Give critique on the style of Thucydides and illustrate it by examples Compare and contrast his style with that of any other historians both Greek and Latin Examine his credibility as historian Draw Map of the iEgean Sea and of the coast of Asia Minor Contrast the Dorian and Ionian character and illustrate your opinions from Thucydides Give the principal tenses in use of the following-κίρδαίνω κλαίω λανθάνω μάχομαι νίμω υλλνμι πάσχω πίνω πήγννμι τρίφω φέρω State and illustrate by examples the different uses of the middle verb 10 On the use of the Greek Aorist 11 Give the dates of the following -The first Olympiad- Constitution of Cleisthenes-Battles of Marathon and Salamis- Beginning and end of Peloponnesian War-Retreat of the Ten Thousand-Births and deaths of the three great tragedians Socrates Plato and Aristotle mentioning parallel epochs in Sacred and Roman History 12 Describe briefly the siege of Syracuse and give short characters of the Generals employed 13 Give the the theory of the Greek article and illustrate ifc by examples 14 Give history of the Greek alphabet and describe the different modes of writing in use at different periods