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Question 1

ἄκῡρος ον

Answer 1

inválido

Question 2

ἐᾱ́ν

Answer 2

se

Question 3

ἐλέγχω

Answer 3

refutar, argumentar contra

Question 4

ἐπειδάν

Answer 4

quando quer que

Question 5

μέλει

Answer 5

[impessoal] alguém (dat.) está preocupado com outra

pesoa ou coisa (gen.)

Question 6

πολῖτις (πολῑτιδ-), ἡ

Answer 6

cidadã (3a; mas ac. s. πολῖτιν)

Question 7

ΣΤΡ. σὺ δὲ δὴ τί σιγᾷς, ὦ Εὐεργίδη, καὶ οὔτε συνεπαινεῖς τοὺς λόγους οὔτε ἐλέγχεις;

Answer 7

S T R Y M O D O R O S But why are you silent, Euergides, and why do you neither praise nor
criticise the arguments?

Question 8

ἥδομαι γὰρ ἔγωγε μάλιστα ἀκούσας τὸν λόγον ὃν διέρχεται ᾽Απολλόδωρος.

Answer 8

For I am very pleased, now I have heard the speech

which Apollodoros has made.

Question 9

τί οὖν λέγεις περὶ ὧν διῆλθεν;

Answer 9

What do you say about what he has said?

Question 10

ἆρ’ ἥδει καὶ σύ γε τοῖς λόγοις;

Answer 10

Are you, too, pleased by his words?

Question 11

ΕΥ. μάλιστά γε⁀δήπου, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε, τοῖς λόγοις ἥδομαι οἷς διελήλυθεν ’Απολλόδωρος.

Answer 11

E U E R G I D E S I am certainly very pleased, Strymodoros, with the speech which
Apollodoros made.

Question 12

ἐπειδὰν γάρ τις καλῶς λέγῃ καὶ ἀληθῆ, τίς οὐχ ἥδεται

ἀκούσας;

Answer 12

For whenever anyone speaks well and truthfully, who does not enjoy listening?

Question 13

ΣΤΡ. τί δέ; ἆρα δεῖ ἡμᾶς καταδικάσαι τῆς Νεαίρας;

Answer 13

S T R. What then? Must we condemn Neaira?

Question 14

ΕΥ. πῶς γὰρ οὔ; ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποψηφισώμεθα Νεαίρας, ἐξέσται ταῖς πόρναις συνοικεῖν οἷς⁀ἂν βούλωνται, …

Answer 14

E U. Of course. For if we acquit Neaira it will be permissible for prostitutes to live with whoever they like,

Question 15

καὶ φάσκειν τοὺς παῖδας εἶναι οὗ⁀ἂν

τύχωσιν.

Answer 15

and to declare that their children belong to whoever they happen to find [to father them].

Question 16

ΣΤΡ. οὐ μόνον γε, ὦ Εὐεργίδη, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ μὲν καθεστῶτες νόμοι ἄκυροι ἔσονται,

αἱ δὲ ἑταῖραι κύριαι διαπράττεσθαι ὅ τι⁀ἂν βούλωνται.

Answer 16

S T R. Not only that, Euergides, but there is also the fact that the established laws will become powerless,

and hetairas will have the power to do whatever they like.

Question 17

τί φής, ὦ Κωμία; ἆρ’ οἴει τοὺς νόμους ἀκύρους ἔσεσθαι;

Answer 17

What do you say, Komias? Do you think the laws will become powerless?

Question 18

ΚΩ. ὑμῖν μὲν μέλει τῶν τε ἑταιρῶν καὶ τῶν νόμων, ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐδὲν τούτων μέλει.

Answer 18

K O M I A S You are concerned with hetairas and the laws, but I am concerned with none of
these things.

Question 19

τῶν γὰρ πολιτίδων μοι μέλει.

Answer 19

My concern is with female citizens.

Question 20

ΣΤΡ. σοὶ τῶν πολιτίδων μέλει; πῶς φής; ἴσως μέν τι λέγεις, ἐγὼ δ’ οὐ μανθάνω.

Answer 20

S T R. Your concern is with female citizens? How do you mean? Perhaps you are saying something important, but I don’t understand.

Question 21

ΚΩ. εἰ σὺ γυνὴ ἦσθα, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε, ἐμάνθανες ἄν, καί σοι ἂν ἔμελε τῶν πολιτίδων. σκόπει δή, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε

Answer 21

K O M. If you were a woman, Strymodorus, you would understand, and you would be concerned about female citizens. Consider, then, Strymodoros.