Directions: In the question below, the first and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named B, C, D and E. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.
- When Plato died about 348, his nephew Speusippus became the head of the Academy and Aristotle left Athens. B. Aristotle helped Hermias to negotiate an alliance with Macedonia. C. Aristotle became a close friend of Hermias and eventually married his ward Pythias. D. He migrated to Assus where Hermias, a graduate of Plato’s Academy, was the ruler. E. This pact angered the Persian king, who had Hermias treacherously arrested and put to death about 341.
- Aristotle saluted Hermias’s memory in, "Ode to Virtue”, his only surviving poem.
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