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Question 1

ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασα πάλιν τράπεθ᾽ υἷος ἑοῖο,

Answer 1

Thus having spoken she turned back from her son

Question 2

καὶ στρεφθεῖσ᾽ ἁλίῃσι κασιγνήτῃσι μετηύδα:

Answer 2

And having turned she spoke among her sister sea-nymphs:

Question 3

ὑμεῖς μὲν νῦν δῦτε θαλάσσης εὐρέα κόλπον

Answer 3

‘You now plunge into the broad bosom of the sea,

Question 4

ὀψόμεναί τε γέρονθ᾽ ἅλιον καὶ δώματα πατρός,

Answer 4

To see the old man of the sea and the house of our father,

Question 5

καί οἱ πάντ᾽ ἀγορεύσατ᾽: ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐς μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον

Answer 5

And tell him everything; I will go [from next line] to lofty Olympus

Question 6

εἶμι παρ᾽ Ἥφαιστον κλυτοτέχνην, αἴ κ᾽ ἐθέλῃσιν

Answer 6

to Hephaestus, of famed skill, to see if he will be willing

Question 7

υἱεῖ ἐμῷ δόμεναι κλυτὰ τεύχεα παμφανόωντα.

Answer 7

To give to my son famous all-shining armour.”

Question 8

ὣς ἔφαθ᾽, αἳ δ᾽ ὑπὸ κῦμα θαλάσσης αὐτίκ᾽ ἔδυσαν:

Answer 8

So she spoke, and they dived at once under the wave of the sea:

Question 9

ἣ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Οὔλυμπον δὲ θεὰ Θέτις ἀργυρόπεζα

Answer 9

But she the silver-footed goddess Thetis went to

Olympus

Question 10

ἤϊεν ὄφρα φίλῳ παιδὶ κλυτὰ τεύχε᾽ ἐνείκαι.

Answer 10

So as to bring famous armour to her dear son.

Question 11

τὴν μὲν ἄρ᾽ Οὔλυμπον δὲ πόδες φέρον: αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὶ

Answer 11

And her feet were carrying her to Olympus: but the Achaeans

Question 12

θεσπεσίῳ ἀλαλητῷ ὑφ᾽ Ἕκτορος ἀνδροφόνοιο

Answer 12

With a wondrous shout, fleeing at the hands of

Question 13

φεύγοντες νῆάς τε καὶ Ἑλλήσποντον ἵκοντο

Answer 13

Man-killing Hector, were reaching the ships and the Hellespont.

Question 14

οὐδέ κε Πάτροκλόν περ ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ

Answer 14

Nor had the well-greaved Achaeans drawn Patroclus

Question 15

ἐκ βελέων ἐρύσαντο νέκυν θεράποντ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος:

Answer 15

From the missiles, a corpse, the squire of Achilles,

Question 16

αὖτις γὰρ δὴ τόν γε κίχον λαός τε καὶ ἵπποι

Answer 16

For both the people and the horses came upon him again,

Question 17

Ἕκτωρ τε Πριάμοιο πάϊς φλογὶ εἴκελος ἀλκήν.

Answer 17

And Hector the son of Priam, like fire in might.