Meanwhile Menon persuaded his men to cross the Euphrates river before the
rest of the soldiers had decided what to do. Cyrus was so pleased at the con-
duct of Menon that he sent him valuable gifts. If Cyrus had not been killed
he would have become king of the Persians in his brother’s stead. For the
Greeks conquered in the battle, and, as Clearchus said, “To the victors belongs
the right to rule.”


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GREEK BG, B, AND G


GREEK #2G—ANABASIS, I-IV, AND SIGHT TRANSLATION
OF ATTIC PROSE


GREEK 4—ANABASIS, I-IV
GREEK G—SIGHT TRANSLATION OF ATTIC PROSE


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1916


GREEK BG—ANABASIS I-IV AND SIGHT TRANSLATION
OF ATTIC PROSE


Saturday 9:00 a.m. Two hours


Candidates offering both Greek B and Greek G should take the combined examina-
tion, Greek BG.
The translation should be exact, but clear and idiomatic English is required. Read.
the sight passage through several times before beginning to write.
1. Translate into English:


Mera δὲ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔτυχον ἐν περιπάτῳ ὄντες πρὸ τῶν ὅπλων Πρόξενος
καὶ Ξενοφῶν καὶ προσελθὼν ἄνθρωπός τις ἠρώτησε τοὺς προφύλακας ποῦ
ἂν ἴδοι Πρόξενον ἢ Κλέαρχον Μένωνα δὲ οὐκ ἐζήτει, καὶ ταῦτα παρ᾽
᾿Αριαίου ὧν τοῦ Μένωνος ξένους. ἐπεὶ δὲ Πρόξενος εἶπεν ὅτι, “᾿Αὐτός εἰμι ὃν
ζητεῖς," εἶπεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τάδε. ““Ἐπεμψέ we’ Δριαῖος καὶ ᾿Αρτάοζος, πιστοὶ.
ὄντες Κύρῳ καὶ εὖνοι ὑμῖν, καὶ κελεύουσι φυλάττεσθαι μὴ ὑμῖν ἐπιθῶνται τῆς
νυκτὸς οἱ βάρβαροι ἔστι δὲ στράτευμα πολὺ ἐν τῷ πλησίον παραδείσῳ.
καὶ παρὰ τὴν γέφυραν τοῦ Τίγρητος ποταμοῦ πέμψαι κελεύουσι φυλακήν, ὡς
διανοεῖται αὐτὴν λῦσαι Τισσαφέρνης τῆς νυκτός, ἐὰν δύνηται, ὡς μὴ διαβῆτε
ἀλλ᾽ ἐν μέσῳ ἀποληφθῆτε τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ τῆς διώρυχος." --ἰϊ. 4. 15-17.
