3. Do the harmonics of a note arise simultaneously with the base or in succession? 4. Have you noticed anything peculiar in Mozart's second violin parts? 5. What accompaniment in Don Giovanni anticipates modern orchestral accompaniments; give a sketch of the treatment? 6. Write a short note on the Bach family? VICE-CHANCELLOR'S LATIN MEDALS. PROPERTIUS.-BOOKS III., IV. REV. DR. LONGFIELD. 1. Translate the following passages, adding where they seem necessary, short explanatory and critical notes: (a). Ipse tuus semper tibi sit custodia lectus, Nec nimis ornata fronte sedere velis. Credam ego narranti, noli committere, famae : iii. ix. 35-8. (b). Quaeris, Demophoon, cur sim tam mollis in omnes ? iii. xiii. 13-14. (c). Quod si tam facilis spiraret Cynthia nobis, iii. xv. 5-8. (d). Crede mihi, nobis mitescet Scylla, nec unquam iii. xviii. 53-4. (e). Nec minor his animis, aut si minor, ore canorus Anseris indocto carmine cessit olor. iii. xxvi. 83-4. (f). O prima infelix fingenti terra Prometheo! iv. v. 7-10. (ƒ). In Veneris tabula summam sibi ponit Apelles; iv. ix. 11-16. (h). Haec etiam clausas expugnant arma pudicas, (i). Et spolia opprobrii nostra per ora trahit. Dicam ego maternos Aetnaeo fulmine partus, Vesanumque nova nequidquam in vite Lycurgum, Et tibi per mediam bene olentia flumina Naxon, iv. xvii. 21-8. (j). Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici, iv. xxiv. 9-12. 2. Write notes on the italicized words in the following passages : (a). Nec licet in triviis sicca requiescere luna. iii. viii. 15. (b). Differet haec numquam, nec poscet garrula, quod te iii. xiv. 17, 18. (c). Cum tua praependent demissae in pocula sertae iii. xxv. 37, 8. iv. ii. 9, 10. (d). Quod non Taenariis domus est mihi fulta columnis 3. (a). Sic me nec solae poterunt avertere silvae, (b). Sed tamen obsistam: teritur rubigine mucro iii. x. 29-31. At nullo dominae teritur sub limine amor, qui iii. xvii. 15-18, Write notes on these passages, discussing the different interpretations which have been offered, and the emendations of the text which have been suggested. 4. Point out peculiarities of usage by Propertius of (a) facio with the dative, (b) aemulor with the accusative, (c) condo followed by in with the accusative; quoting lines in illustration of the usage in each case. 5. Discuss the characteristic merits and defects of Propertius as an elegiac poet. PROPERTIUS. DR. INGRAM. Translate the following passages : 1. Beginning, His animum nostrae dum versat Acanthis amicae, . . . . Ending, Mixtaque cum saxis addite verba mala. Lib. v. 5. 63-78. 2. Beginning, At mihi non oculos quisquam inclamavit euntis ; . . . . Ending, Ardenti e nostro dotem habitura rogo. 3. Beginning, Lanuvium annosi vetus est tutela draconis, . . Ending, Vincet ubi erasas barba pudenda genas. Ib., 7. 23-48. Ib. 8. 3-26. 1. Discuss the readings and interpretations of the following passages, which are here given as in Mr. Paley's text: Hinc Titiens Ramnesque viri Luceresque coloni, Quippe suburbanae parva minus urbe Bovillae A duce Tarpeio mons est cognomen adeptus; Nile tuus tibicen erat, crotalistria Phyllis, Claudius a Rheno trajectos arcuit hostes, Belgica cum vasti parma relata ducis Virdumari. Genus hic Rheno jactabat ab ipso, Nobilis e rectis fundere gaesa rotis. Illi virgatis jaculantis ab agmine braccis Testor majorum cineres tibi, Roma, verendos, |