Book 1 Lines 1.22-1.32 (Phrases)

Question 1

Then all others shouted approval

Answer 1

ἔνθʼ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες ἐπευφήμησαν Ἀχαιοὶ

Question 2

..to respect the priest and to accept the glittering ransom

Answer 2

αἰδεῖσθαί θʼ ἱερῆα καὶ ἀγλαὰ δέχθαι ἄποινα·

Question 3

but was not pleasing to the son of Atreus Agamemnon’s soul

Answer 3

ἀλλʼ οὐκ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ,

Question 4

but was dismissing (him) harshly and was laying upon him a stern threat

Answer 4

ἀλλὰ κακῶς ἀφίει, κρατερὸν δʼ ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλε

Question 5

Let me not stumble upon you, old man, next to the hollow ships

Answer 5

μή σε γέρον κοίλῃσιν ἐγὼ παρὰ νηυσὶ κιχείω

Question 6

either lingering now or coming back later

Answer 6

ἢ νῦν δηθύνοντʼ ἢ ὕστερον αὖτις ἰόντα,

Question 7

For if you don’t, your staff and wreaths of the god might not protect you

Answer 7

μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ σκῆπτρον καὶ στέμμα θεοῖο·

Question 8

I will not free her

Answer 8

τὴν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω·

Question 9

until old age comes upon her in our home, in Argos, far from her native land

Answer 9

πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν ἡμετέρῳ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ ἐν Ἄργεϊ τηλόθι πάτρης

Question 10

as she walks to and fro before the loom and serves my bed

Answer 10

ἱστὸν ἐποιχομένην καὶ ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσαν·

Question 11

but go now don’t pester me so that you may leave yet alive

Answer 11

ἀλλʼ ἴθι μή μʼ ἐρέθιζε σαώτερος ὥς κε νέηαι