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Key Facts: Panhellenic Humanities Exam

Field 1

Scientific Field Designation

Ministry of Education (ΥΠΑΙΘΑ)

3 Papers

Orientation Subjects Examined

Central Examination Committee (ΚΕΕ)

180 min

Duration Per Subject Paper

Panhellenic Regulations

€0

Examination Fee

Greek Public Education System

The Panhellenic Humanities track is the examination pathway for admission to Greek law, humanities, philology, and social science faculties. Overseen by ΥΠΑΙΘΑ, candidates sit three 3-hour national papers in Ancient Greek, Modern Greek History, and Latin. The exam is free for public school candidates, with admission governed by competitive scores and departmental Minimum Admission Base (EBE) thresholds.

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1What is the correct dative plural of the third-declension noun ὁ πατήρ in Ancient Greek?

A.τοῖς πατράσι(ν)

B.τοῖς πατήρσι(ν)

C.τοῖς πατέρεσι(ν)

D.τοῖς πατρίσι(ν)

Explanation: The syncopated third-declension nouns in -ηρ (πατήρ, μήτηρ, θυγάτηρ) drop the stem vowel in most cases. In the dative plural the syncopated stem πατρ- takes the ending -σι, and an inserted α breaks up the resulting consonant cluster, giving πατράσι(ν).

2What is the genitive singular of the contracted second-declension noun ὁ νοῦς (from νόος) in classical Attic prose?

A.τοῦ νοῦ

B.τοῦ νοός

C.τοῦ νοῦν

D.τοῦ νοέως

Explanation: νοῦς belongs to the contracted nouns of the second declension: the uncontracted νόος becomes νοῦς in the nominative, and the genitive νόου contracts to νοῦ. The same contraction runs through the whole singular paradigm.

3What are the regular (irregular in formation) comparative and superlative degrees of the adjective πολύς in Attic Greek?

A.πλείων (ή πλέων) / πλεῖστος

B.πολυότερος / πολυότατος

C.πολύτερος / πολύτευστος

D.μείζων / μέγιστος

Explanation: πολύς, πολλή, πολύ forms its degrees of comparison suppletively, from a different stem πλε-. The comparative is πλείων (also πλέων), neuter πλέον, and the superlative is πλεῖστος, πλείστη, πλεῖστον.

4What is the third person singular of the present optative active of the contract verb τιμάω (τιμῶ)?

A.τιμῴη (ή τιμῷ)

B.τιμάοι

C.τιμᾷ

D.τιμῴμην

Explanation: Verbs in -άω form the present optative in -ῴην, -ῴης, -ῴη, with the shorter forms -ῷμι, -ῷς, -ῷ also attested. Contraction of τιμα- with the optative suffix -οιη- gives τιμῴη in the third person singular.

5What is the second aorist active infinitive of λαμβάνω, and how is it accented?

A.λαβεῖν (περισπώμενο στη λήγουσα)

B.λάβειν (οξυνόμενο στην προπαραλήγουσα)

C.λαβεῖναι (παροξυνόμενο)

D.λελαβηκέναι (προπαροξυνόμενο)

Explanation: The second aorist active infinitive is always accented with a circumflex on the final syllable. From the aorist stem λαβ- with the ending -εῖν the form is λαβεῖν, and the accent rule holds regardless of the verb.

6What is the second person plural of the second aorist active subjunctive of δίδωμι?

A.δῶτε

B.δότητε

C.δοίητε

D.δῶμεν

Explanation: The second aorist subjunctive of δίδωμι runs δῶ, δῷς, δῷ, δῶμεν, δῶτε, δῶσι(ν), the long vowel of the subjunctive absorbing the stem vowel. The second person plural is therefore δῶτε.

7What is the third person singular imperfect indicative of the verb εἶμι (to go) in Attic prose?

A.ᾔει (ή ᾖα)

B.ἦν

C.ἰέναι

D.ἴτω

Explanation: The imperfect of εἶμι runs ᾖα or ᾔειν, ᾔεις or ᾔεισθα, ᾔει in the singular. The third person singular is therefore ᾔει. Note that in Attic the present of εἶμι regularly carries future meaning, I shall go.

8What is the masculine dative singular of the indefinite relative pronoun ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ,τι?

A.ᾧτινι (ή ὅτῳ)

B.ὅντινα

C.ὧντινων

D.οἷστισι

Explanation: The pronoun declines both of its parts. The masculine and neuter dative singular is ᾧτινι, alongside the contracted form ὅτῳ, which is the one commonly found in Attic prose.

9In the sentence Εἰ μὴ τότε ἐβοηθήσαμεν τοῖς συμμάχοις, οἱ πολέμιοι ἂν εἷλον τὴν πόλιν, what type of conditional is expressed?

A.Το μη πραγματικό / αντίθετο του πραγματικού στο παρελθόν

B.Το προσδοκώμενο στο μέλλον

C.Την απλή σκέψη του λέγοντος

D.Την αόριστη επανάληψη στο παρόν και στο μέλλον

Explanation: The protasis has εἰ with a historic tense of the indicative (ἐβοηθήσαμεν, aorist) and the apodosis has ἄν with a historic tense of the indicative (εἷλον, aorist). This combination marks the unreal or contrary-to-fact condition in past time: the allies were in fact helped, and so the city was not taken.

10Which type of conditional sentence is formed when the protasis has εἰ with the optative and the apodosis has a potential optative (optative with ἄν)?

A.Απλή σκέψη του λέγοντος

B.Το πραγματικό

C.Το προσδοκώμενο

D.Αόριστη επανάληψη στο παρελθόν

Explanation: This combination expresses the simple supposition of the speaker: the condition is entertained as a possibility or as a purely theoretical case, without any implication about whether it is or was fulfilled.

About the Panhellenic Humanities Exam

The Panhellenic Humanities (Θεωρητικών Σπουδών) track serves as the gateway to faculties of Law, Philology, Philosophy, History, Archaeology, Psychology, Political Science, and Social Work (1st Scientific Field / 1ο Επιστημονικό Πεδίο). Candidates take three specialized national examination papers: Ancient Greek, Modern Greek History, and Latin, alongside the mandatory core in Modern Greek Language & Literature. Our practice bank provides an English-language MCQ study adaptation testing classical grammar paradigms, syntactic transformations, philosophical terminology, and historical document analysis.

Exam sponsor: Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού - ΥΠΑΙΘΑ). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Questions

12 questions

Time Limit

180 minutes per paper (3 papers: Ancient Greek, History, Latin)

Passing Score

Subject to faculty Minimum Admission Base (EBE / ΕΒΕ) coefficients set between 0.80 and 1.20 of the national group mean, calculated on a 20,000-point scale

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35%

Ancient Greek Grammar, Syntax & Philosophical Commentary

Attic prose syntax, participle usage, optative moods, Plato and Aristotle philosophical concepts, and etymology.

35%

Modern Greek History (Economy, Parties & Refugee Crisis)

The nineteenth- and twentieth-century Greek economy, the party system from the parties named after the protecting powers to the interwar period, and the refugee question culminating in the Asia Minor catastrophe, the population exchange and refugee settlement.

30%

Latin Morphology, Syntax and the History of Roman Literature

Declensions and conjugations including deponent and semi-deponent verbs, the ablative absolute, the periphrastic conjugations, the gerund and gerundive, subjunctive clauses and the sequence of tenses, and the introductory chapters on the history of Latin literature.

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Passing score: Subject to faculty Minimum Admission Base (EBE / ΕΒΕ) coefficients set between 0.80 and 1.20 of the national group mean, calculated on a 20,000-point scale
Exam length: 12 questions
Time limit: 180 minutes per paper (3 papers: Ancient Greek, History, Latin)
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Panhellenic Humanities: Suggested Study Strategy

1Memorise irregular Attic verbal paradigms including mi-verbs, aorist passive formations, and subjunctive/optative inflections

2Connect primary historical source excerpts (parathema) with textbook narratives for 19th-century economy and the refugee crisis

3Master Latin syntactic rules: consecutio temporum, subjunctive clause markers (ut, ne, cum), and passive periphrastic conjugations

4Practise identifying philosophical concepts in Platonic dialogues (arete, sophrosyne, episteme, dikaiosyne)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which university faculties correspond to the Humanities track?

The 1st Scientific Field encompasses Greek Law schools (Athens, Thessaloniki, Komotini), Philology, Philosophy, History, Psychology, Sociology, Mass Media, and Teacher Education departments.

What subjects are examined in the Humanities track?

Candidates sit three orientation papers: Ancient Greek, History (Modern Greek History), and Latin, in addition to the common Modern Greek Language & Literature paper.

Are original Greek and Latin terms preserved in this practice bank?

Yes. While the questions, instructions, and explanations are in English, authentic Greek historical terms, Ancient Greek syntactic constructions, and Latin grammar phrases are preserved directly to reflect the tested curriculum.

How do Law schools weigh these examination subjects?

Law faculties typically place the highest weight coefficients on Ancient Greek (often 30–35%) and Modern Greek History (30%), followed by Latin (20%) and Modern Greek Language (15–20%).