Greek Boards Test

I p. 2 14/33 p3 ‘j_’/33 4 p. ‘1/33 ,—.— % , \( +1 I -c ; 7 GREEK BOARDS Please do not openthis booklet until asked to do so at 1 0:00. It must be collected promptly at 10:50. Read all the way through the examination before addressing any ofthe separate parts. Budget your time. I cannot give credit for blank spaces, and there is no penalty for guessing wrong. You may use the back of these pages, but telegraphic answers should suffice. Abbreviate (e.g. Cl. Clytemnestra). Whole sentences are usually not needed. Content matters, not syntax àr style. Please do not lose time telling me more than has been asked on a particular question, e.g., by going into related issues. Be an Athenian. Keep moving. aeas specific and concrete as possible. Aphrodite and I7eithL (Persuasion) send Helen away with Paris Persuasion fl€iOth (PeithO) Persuasion was a concrete enough concept tor the 5’ enturv Greeks to be depicted as a goddess, PeithO Persuasion an disrupt households and cause wars, as in the above case ot cp’ Paris’s leading Helen away with the help of PeithO as well as Aphrodite. Yet Persuasion is also . the basis of politics. I. Selling war Themistocles shows a remarkable ability to get his way. In as many instances as yoi recall from Herodotus and Thucydides, answer the following: Whom does T. persuade? — To do what? - — —- How does T. persuade Why does he need to do - !! [! !!][ I z (‘tj ‘114 — ‘.w’—I - 4( -I ¶ tI44 VvU4oc&4 — - LELII . - zz —-- — 1:%IJt’v1% /‘ —---- The Persians also debate politics, though perhaps to less effect. For example, what selects a king of Persia? O($j) , ) hi 1 1 yu e4vsa vb (4 animal f • :.,i&va(6, 1 t W:in; r 4 L.1AV . , ’4k’tQ 4O ,Lw’1’1,4 . — ,‘ 1 4 *v’ But, then, how did a mule depose Astyages? ‘4S Ic’,i ‘i. P4w’ M8’4e f(iv ‘ W 1 4S/ A ‘‘ 4t %‘lIi4’ $44rj. While the Athenians style themselves “the education of Greece,” in Pericles’ famou s words from his funeral oration, what strengths can the Spartans claim for themselves in Herodotus and Thucydides? .‘ wIs. askA v’v 0 fV1J1 f t)1It1h(,4 ’1 o Lk2v1a+L ,) Vay L Ch44 ci._, p As he is considering and executing his invasion of Greece, Xerxes receive s numerous warnings from human counselors and divine signs. Describe how in various instances Xerxes manages to ignore the warnings. 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