Agamemnon 1200-1400 Vocab Flashcards
ορθοναντειας
Of true prophecy
υπ’…στροβει
Whirls me from deep inside
ταρασσων
Agitating me
φροιμιοις εφημενους
On songs that are no songs
εφημενους
Sitting close to
ονειρων προσφερεις μορφωμασιν
Looking like dream shapes
οικειας βορας
A meal from within the household
συν εντεροις τε σπλαγχν’
The offals and entrails
εγευσατο
Tasted
οικουρον
Stayed at home
στρωφωμενον
Dwelling
αναστατης
The destroyer
κακτεινασα φαιδρονους δικην
With cheerful disposition having prolonged her plea
θηλυς
Female
αρσενος
Of a male
δυσφιλες δακος
Hideous beast
τυχοιμ’ αν
To hit the mark
βλαβην
The bane
θυιουσαν
Raving
ασπονδον
Truceless
τροπη
In the turn of battle
ή παντατολμος
She who will stop at nothing
οικτιρας ερεις
You will say with pity
αγαν γ’ αλητομαντιν
How too true a prophetess
ξυνηκα
I understand
πεφρικα
I shudder
ουδεν εξεικασμενα
Without any images
εκ δρομου πεσων τρεχω
I’m running like I’ve fallen off the track
εποψεσθαι
To gaze on
ευφημον…κοιμησον στομα
Lull your mouth into well-opened speech
τωδ’ επιστατει λογω
In attendance at this speech
τοις δ’αποκτεινειν μελει
They are concerned with killing
πορσυνεται
Being committed
παρεκοπης
You have been knocked
τελουντος
Of the perpetrator
και γαρ το πυθοκταντα
So are the pronouncements if Pytho
απουσια
Was away
μισθον
A reward
θηγουσα
As she whets
επευχεται
She boasts
καταγελωτ’ εχω τοδ’
Have I got on this gear to mock me
πεσοντα γ’ ωδ’ αμειβομαι
Now that you’re lying their I’ll pay you back like this
πλουτιζετε
Make rich
εκδυων
Who is stripping me
χρηστηριαν εσθητ’
My prophetic clothing
εποπτευσας
He looked on
φιλων ύπ’ εχθρων ου διχορροπως ματην
By friends turned foes in unambiguously futile fashion