The play Seven against Thebes by Aeschylus dramatizes the battle between the two sons of Oedipus, Polynices and Eteocles for control of the city of Thebes. Polynices and an army headed by warriors from Argos (the “seven” of the title) are besieging the city, where Eteocles is mounting a defense. In one scene, Eteocles has an argument with a chorus of Theban women, as the attack begins. This section is a type of dialogue called in Greek “stichomythia,” where two parties exchange single lines in rapid fire.

Χόρος καὶ μὴν ἀκούω γ’ ἱππικῶν φρυαγμάτων.

Jesus performs some miracles:

21. ἕτερος δὲ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι πρῶτον ἀπελθεῖν καὶ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου. 22. ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἀκολούθει μοι, καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς.

Exercises 41.1 The imperative mood in Ancient Greek can be formed in what person(s)?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

Exercises 41.2 The tense of the imperative verb in Ancient Greek reflects which of the following?

• time in relation to the main verb
• time in relation to when the verb was uttered
• aspect

Exercises 41.3 The imperative can be formed in what tenses?

Exercises 40.1 The vocative and nominative endings are always identical in which of the following forms:

• singular
• plural
• masculine
• feminine
• neuter

Exercises 40.2 When Greek speakers are being polite or formal, they use the following marker before the vocative:

The city of Athens annually sponsored a public funeral for fallen soldiers. This particular one dates to the 390’s BCE. It was typical in this type of speech to recount a fairly standard history of Athens. One section summarizes the war between the Greeks and the Persians, nearly a century earlier. This particular passage describes how the Athenians responded to the famous battle by the Spartans at Thermopylae. When this paragraph begins, the Persian forces have just reached mainland Greece.

The Last Supper: