Χαίρετε!
I am supposed to write in Greek, “Let us be silent in order that the poet may surpass his accusers by defending himself as well as possible. The answer book wrote, “σιγῶμεν ὅπως ὁ ποιητὴς τῶν κατηγορούντων διαφέρῃ ὡς κάλλιστα ἀπολογούμενος.”
The biggest difference between my answer and the answer book is that I put in the optative because of the modal “may.” I was wondering if it is in the subjunctive because of the sequence of moods? To my beginning eyes, the line between a subjunctive and optative is thin in spots.