2017

English

Subject code: 241113

Classics in Translation

Time: 4 hours                                                                                                              Marks-80

Part – A

1.   Answer any ten questions:                                                                                     1´10 = 10

a) How did Calchas advise Agamemnon?

Ans:

b) What was Hector’s last request to Achilles?

     Ans: Hector's last request to Achilles was to hand over his dead body to his kinsmen for proper burial.

c) What is the meaning of the word ‘Iliad’?

     Ans : The meaning of the word "lliad" is “The Tale of Troy”.

d) Why did Agamemnon refuse to walk on the red carpet?

     Ans : Agamemnon refused to walk on the Red Carpet because it was an act of pride to walk on something meant for the gods.

e) Who was Iphigenia?

     Ans : Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon. She was sacrificed to please Artemis for the sake of turning the wind to their favour while sailing to Troy.

f) Who are the three masters of Greek tragedy?

     Ans: Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides are the three masters of Greek tragedy.

g) Who is Dionysus?

     Ans : In Greek mythology, Dionysus is the god of the Grape Harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy.

h) What is Leviathan?

     Ans : Leviathan is a sea monster referenced in the Old Testament.

i) How did Hippolytus feel at the proposal of love from Phaedra?

     Ans : Hippolytus was greatly shocked at the proposal of love from Phaedra.

j) Why did Achilles withdraw himself from the battlefield?

     Ans : Achilles withdraw himself from the battlefield because he grew angry with Agamemnon who demanded for Briseis, Achilles' battle prize.

k) Who was Xanthias?

     Ans : In The Frogs, Xanthias is the slave of Dionysus.

l) Who is the boatman in The Frogs?

     Ans. Charon is the boatman in "The Frogs".

Part – B

Answer any five questions:                                                                                          4 ´ 5 = 20

2. Who was Cassandra and how did she die?

3. Write a note of Achilles’ Shield.

4. Write what you know about Zeus.

5. Bring out the dramatic significance of the Red Carpet Episode in Agamemnon.

6. What role does Dionysus play in The Frogs?

7. Who would you consider the protagonist of The Iliad? Give reasons.

8. Under what circumstances did Medea become revengeful?

9. How did Hippolytus die?

Part – C

Answer any five questions:                                                                                        10 ´ 5 = 50

10. “The subject of The Iliad is the wrath of Achilles”--Discuss.

11. How does Homer delineate Olympian gods and goddesses in The Iliad?

12. How does Aeschylus treat hereditary guilt Agamemnon?

13. Sketch the character of Clytemnestra.

14. Evaluate Medea as a tragic heroine.

15. Write a note on the role of chorus in Phaedra by Seneca.

16. Consider Phaedra as a tragedy of unrequited love.

17. Summarise the literary debate between Aeschylus and Euripides in The Frogs.