Lines 12 -20 (381 - 389)

Question 1

τὸν δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ὀτρηρὴ ταμίη πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν·

Answer 1

The busy housekeeper in turn spoke to him, saying,

Question 2

‘Ἕκτορ, ἐπεὶ μάλ᾽ ἄνωγας ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι,

Answer 2

Hector, since you have very much ordered me to speak the truth,

Question 3

οὔτέ πῃ ἐς γαλόων οὔτ᾽ εἰνατέρων ἐϋπέπλων

Answer 3

she has gone out to neither the house of one of her fair-robed husband’s sister’s or brother’s wives,

Question 4

οὔτ᾽ ἐς Ἀθηναίης ἐξοίχεται, ἔνθά περ ἄλλαι

Answer 4

nor to the temple of Athena, where indeed the other

Question 5

Τρῳαὶ ἐϋπλόκαμοι δεινὴν θεὸν ἱλάσκονται,

Answer 5

lovely-haired women of Troy are appeasing the terrible Goddess,

Question 6

ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ πύργον ἔβη μέγαν Ἰλίου, οὕνεκ᾽ ἄκουσε

Answer 6

but she went to the great tower of Ilium, because she heard

Question 7

τείρεσθαι Τρῶας, μέγα δὲ κράτος εἶναι Ἀχαιῶν.

Answer 7

that the Trojans were being hard pressed and that the force of the Achaeans was great.

Question 8

ἣ μὲν δὴ πρὸς τεῖχος ἐπειγομένη ἀφικάνει,

Answer 8

She indeed, hurrying, is arriving at the wall

Question 9

μαινομένῃ ἐϊκυῖα· φέρει δ᾽ ἅμα παῖδα τιθήνη.’

Answer 9

resembling a mad-woman, while the nurse is taking the child together with her.