Greek Beyond GCSE Chapter 9

Question 1

ἡ παῖς οὐκ ἔγνω ὑπὸ πάντων ἐπαινεθεῖσα.

Answer 1

The girl did not realise that she had been praised by everyone.

Question 2

ὁ Ξενοφῶν, ἡγεμὼν ἄριστος, ἔσωσε τοὺς Ἕλληνας.

Answer 2

Xenophon, an excellent leader, saved the Greeks.

Question 3

πολλὰς ὥρας ἐπορευόμεθα, ἀλλ’ οὐδεμίαν κώμην ηὕρομεν.

Answer 3

We were marching for many hours, but we found no village

Question 4

ἡ σὴ βουλὴ ἀμείνων ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς, ὦ βασιλεῦ.

Answer 4

Your plan is better than mine, king

Question 5

ἐλπίζομεν τὴν ναῦν ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν ἀφίξεσθαι.

Answer 5

We hope that the ship will arrive within a few days

Question 6

ὁ στρατιώτης ἄνευ φόβου εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν καιομένην εἰσῆλθεν.

Answer 6

The soldier without fear went into the burning house

Question 7

τί δώσομεν τούτῳ τῷ γέροντι;

Answer 7

What shall we give to this old man?

Question 8

ἅμα τῷ σίτῳ ἐδεξάμην καὶ οἶνον.

Answer 8

Together with the food I also received wine.

Question 9

τῶν πολιτῶν φυγόντων, οὐδεὶς ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ παρῆν.

Answer 9

As the citizens had fled, no-one was in the marketplace.

Question 10

ὁ ἄγγελος ξίφει ἐτραυματίσθη.

Answer 10

The messenger was wounded with a sword.

Question 11

πόσοι τῶν πάλαι οὕτως ἀσεβεῖς ἦσαν;

Answer 11

How many of the people of old were so impious?

Question 12

τῶν κορῶν αἱ μὲν ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ εἰσίν, αἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ.

Answer 12

Some of the girls are in the marketplace, others in the house.

Question 13

ἐπάνειμι πέντε ἡμερῶν.

Answer 13

I shall return within five days.

Question 14

ὁ ἐκεῖσε βαδίζων τὴν συμφορὰν εἶδεν.

Answer 14

The man who was walking to that place saw the disaster

Question 15

διὰ τί οὐκ ἐκόλασας τὸν παῖδα, ὦ δέσποτα;

Answer 15

Why did you not punish the boy, master?

Question 16

τοῦ πίνειν ἕνεκα χρήματα ζητῶ.

Answer 16

I seek money for the sake of drinking.

Question 17

ἐδίωξα τὸν δοῦλον· ὁ δὲ τέλος ἐξέφυγεν.

Answer 17

I chased the slave; but he finally escaped.

Question 18

πότε ἐδέξω τήνδε τὴν ἐπιστολήν;

Answer 18

When did you receive this letter?

Question 19

οἱ πλεῖστοι τῶν ἐν τῇ νηὶ ἤδη ἐκάθευδον.

Answer 19

The great majority of the people on the ship were already asleep.

Question 20

τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ κάλλιστόν ἐστιν.

Answer 20

The mountain on the island is very beautiful.

Question 21

The men waiting in the market-place are prisoners.

Answer 21

οἱ ἐν τῃ ἀγορᾳ μενοντες δεσμωται εἰσιν.

Question 22

Did you see the woman who was carrying the food, old man?

Answer 22

ἀρα εἰδες την τον σιτον φερουσαν, ὠ γερον;

Question 23

I enjoy running.

Answer 23

ἡδομαι τῳ τρεχειν.

Question 24

Are people now wiser than people long ago?

Answer 24

ἀρα οἱ νυν σοφωτεροι εἰσιν ἠ οἱ παλαι;

Question 25

Some of the citizens praised the speaker, others hated him.

Answer 25

οἱ μεν των πολιτων ἐπῃνεσαν τον ῥητορα, οἱ δε ἐμισουν αὐτον.

Question 26

ἡ γυνὴ οἶδε δεξιὰ οὖσα.

Answer 26

The woman knows that she is skilled.

Question 27

μὴ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν ποταμόν.

Answer 27

Don’t go into the river!

Question 28

παραινῶ τοῖς παισὶν ἀεὶ σαφῶς λέξαι.

Answer 28

I encourage the children always to speak clearly

Question 29

ὁ ξένος, τὸν τοῦ βασιλέως υἱὸν φονεύσας, εὐθὺς ἔφυγεν.

Answer 29

The stranger, having murdered the king’s son, immediately fled.

Question 30

ταῦτα μανθάνω ὡς σοφώτερος γενησόμενος.

Answer 30

I am learning these things in order to become wiser.

Question 31

τί ἔδωκας τῷ ξένῳ ὃς χθὲς ἀφίκετο;

Answer 31

What did you give to the stranger who arrived yesterday?

Question 32

μεῖνον ἵνα περὶ σοῦ βουλεύσωμεν.

Answer 32

Wait, so that we may have a discussion about you!

Question 33

εἰ τὸν χρυσὸν ἔχεις, παράδος μοι.

Answer 33

If you have the gold, hand it over to me!

Question 34

ὁ διδάσκαλος ἠρώτησεν ὅ τι περὶ τούτων ἀκούσαιμι.

Answer 34

The teacher asked what I had heard about these things

Question 35

οὕτως ἀνδρεῖός ἐστιν ὁ παῖς ὥστ’ ἔσωσε τοὺς πολίτας.

Answer 35

The boy is so brave that he saved the citizens.

Question 36

ἀεὶ τὸ ἀληθὲς ζήτει, ὦ παῖ.

Answer 36

Always seek the truth, boy!

Question 37

πάντες οἱ ἐν τῇ πόλει εἶπον ὡς βούλοιντο μένειν.

Answer 37

All the people in the city said that they wanted to stay

Question 38

εἰ παρῆσθα, δεινὰ ἂν ἤκουσας.

Answer 38

If you had been there, you would have heard terrible things.

Question 39

ὁ κριτὴς σοφώτερός ἐστιν ἢ ὥστε περὶ τούτων λέγειν.

Answer 39

The judge is too wise to speak about these things.

Question 40

ὁ ἄγγελος ἐπέμφθη ἵνα τὰ γενόμενα εἴποι.

Answer 40

The messenger was sent in order to tell what had happened.

Question 41

οὗτος ὁ παῖς ἔφη εὑρεῖν τὰ χρήματα.

Answer 41

This boy said that he had found the money.

Question 42

ἆρ’ οὐ θαυμάζεις τὴν τοῦ ποιητοῦ φωνήν;

Answer 42

Surely you admire the poet’s voice?

Question 43

παραινῶ σοι καίπερ νεώτερος ὤν.

Answer 43

I am advising you, despite being younger

Question 44

ὁ δεσμώτης ἐλύθη ἐφ’ ᾦτε μηδέποτε δεῦρο ἐπανελθεῖν.

Answer 44

The prisoner was released on the condition that he would never return here.

Question 45

αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ γυνὴ ᾗ ἔδωκα τὴν βίβλον.

Answer 45

This is the woman to whom I gave the book.

Question 46

When the enemy had been defeated, the Athenians rejoiced.

Answer 46

των πολεμιων νικηθεντων, οἱ Ἀθηναιοι ἐχαρησαν.

Question 47

I asked the woman if she had read the new book.

Answer 47

ἠρωτησα την γυναικα εἰ ἀνεγνω την νεαν βιβλον.

Question 48

All the citizens were waiting in order to hear the messenger’s words.

Answer 48

παντες οἱ πολιται ἐμενον ἱνα ἀκουσαιεν τους του ἀγγελου λογους.

Question 49

Is this the slave whom you saw yesterday, friend?

Answer 49

ἀρα οὑτος ἐστιν ὁ δουλος ὁν χθες εἰδες, ὠ φιλε;

Question 50

The children ate so much food that they suffered badly in the night.

Answer 50

οἱ παιδες τοσουτον σιτον ἐφαγον ὡστε κακως ἐπαθον της νυκτος.

Question 51

τί ἀποκρίνωμαι τῷ ἄρχοντι;

Answer 51

What should I reply to the magistrate?

Question 52

ὁ ἄγγελος ἔφη τοὺς πολεμίους ἀπελθεῖν.

Answer 52

The messenger said that the enemy had gone away

Question 53

ὁ στρατηγὸς ἐκέλευσεν τὸν δοῦλον ἀπελθεῖν.

Answer 53

The general ordered the slave to go away

Question 54

ὁπότε ἐκεῖνος ἀφίκοιτο, ἐγὼ ἐκρυπτόμην.

Answer 54

Whenever that man arrived, I used to hide

Question 55

φοβοῦμαι μὴ οὐ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν εἰς καιρὸν δέξωμαι.

Answer 55

I am afraid that I may not receive the letter in time

Question 56

οὐδεὶς οὐ τὴν τῆς παιδὸς τέχνην θαυμάζει.

Answer 56

Everyone admires the girl’s skill

Question 57

εἰ πάντα ἔμαθον, οὐκ ἂν ἥμαρτον.

Answer 57

If I had learned everything, I would not have made a mistake

Question 58

εἴποι τις ἂν ὅτι ταῦτα οὐδαμῶς χρήσιμά ἐστιν.

Answer 58

Someone might say that these things are in no way useful.

Question 59

ἐνθάδε μεῖνον ἕως ἂν ὁ δεσπότης ἐπανέλθῃ.

Answer 59

Stay here until the master returns!

Question 60

εἴθε εὐτυχὴς γένοιο.

Answer 60

May you be lucky!

Question 61

ἆρα μὴ φιλεῖς ἐκείνην τὴν βίβλον;

Answer 61

Surely you do not like that book?

Question 62

ὅς ἂν τοιαῦτα λέγῃ μῶρός ἐστιν.

Answer 62

Whoever says such things is stupid

Question 63

εἰ ἄλλος τις τούτους ἔτασσεν, οὐκ ἄν ἐπείθοντο.

Answer 63

If someone else were drawing up these men, they would not be obeying

Question 64

τῶν συμμάχων μὴ ἀφικομένων, ἐν κινδύνῳ τάχα ἐσόμεθα.

Answer 64

Unless the allies arrive, we shall soon be in danger

Question 65

εἰ τὴν παῖδα αὖθις ἴδοιμι, ἐπαινέσαιμι ἂν αὐτὴν διὰ τὴν ἀνδρείαν.

Answer 65

If I were to see the girl again, I would praise her on account of her courage

Question 66

οἱ ἐν τῇ πόλει ἔφυγον ἵνα μὴ δουλωθεῖεν.

Answer 66

The people in the city fled so that they would not be enslaved

Question 67

εἰ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει πάρεστιν, ἐκεῖσε δράμωμεν.

Answer 67

If the king of Persia is in the city, let us run there.

Question 68

“τὸν σῖτον λαβὼν φάγε,” ἔφη ὁ δεσπότης γελάσας, “εἰ βούλῃ”.

Answer 68

‘Take the food and eat it’ said the master with a laugh ‘if you want to.’

Question 69

ὁ διδάσκαλος εἶπεν ὅτι τὸ ἔργον ῥᾴδιον εἴη.

Answer 69

The teacher said that the work was easy

Question 70

τὴν γυναῖκα ἠρώτησα ὁπόσους τῶν παίδων ἴδοι.

Answer 70

I asked the woman how many of the children she had seen.

Question 71

I am afraid that we may be forced to retreat.

Answer 71

φοβουμαι μη ἀναγκασθωμεν ἀναχωρησαι

Question 72

What should we reply to the judge?

Answer 72

τί τῳ κριτῃ ἀποκρινωμεθα;

Question 73

Whenever I heard about the events in Greece I was amazed.

Answer 73

ἐθαυμασα ὁποτε περι των ἐν τῃ Ἑλλαδι ἀκουσαιμι

Question 74

The girls hid in the forest so that they would not be found.

Answer 74

αἱ παιδες ἐν τῃ ὑλῃ ἐκρυψαντο ἱνα μη εὑρεθειεν.

Question 75

Someone might say that we chose a difficult task.

Answer 75

εἰποι τις ἀν ὁτι ἐργον χαλεπον εἱλομεθα