Oedipus 1300-1530 Vocab Flashcards by Tom Rheinberg | Brainscape

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πηδησας μειζονα…μηκιστον

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With a leap longer than the longest

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ανερεσθαι

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To ask you

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αρθησαι

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Perceive

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φρικην

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Horror

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φοραδαν

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Being borne

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ίν εξηλου

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How far have you leaped

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νεφος

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Cloud

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αδαμαντον

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Irresistible

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δυσουριστον

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Sped by an evil wind

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κεντρων τε τωνδ’ οιστρημα

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How the sting of these goads

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θροειν

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Cry out

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επιπολος ετι μονιμος

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You still remain to protect me

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κηδευων

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Caring for

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σκοτεινος

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In the dark

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οψεις μαραναι

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To quench your sight

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σπερκτον

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Cherish

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προσηγορον

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Greeting

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εκτοπιον

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Take me away

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καταρατοτατον

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Thrice cursed

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αγριας πεδας

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Cruel fetters

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νομαδος επι ποας

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On the pasture lands

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θελοντι καμοι τουτ’ αν ην

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I too wish that that had been so

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τουτ’ ελαχ’

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That is the portion

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κρεισσον’ αγχονης

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Too great for hanging

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εφιμερος

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Could I desire

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προσλευσσειν

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To look upon

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καλλιστ’ ανηρ είς

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The man who had enjoyed the greatest luxury

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απεστερης ‘

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Cut myself off

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μηνυσας

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Proclaiming

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κηλιδα

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Stain

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φραγμος

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Blocking

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της ακουουσης ετ’ ην πηγης δι’ ωτων

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The stream of hearing through my ears

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κακων ύπουλον

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The thing that underneath was festering

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κεκρυμμενη ναπη

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Hidden glade

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δρυμος

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Wood

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στενωπος εν τριπλαις όδοις

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Narrow path where three ways meet

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επιετε

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Drank

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αίμ’ αμφυλιον

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Bloodshed of kin

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ες δέον

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Ready

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γενεθλα

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The face

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αγος

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Pollution

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απεσπασας

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Has torn away

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προσηγορος

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Be addressed

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πευσεσθ’

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Will you inquire thus

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επισκηπτω

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I charge you

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προτρψομαι

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I shall urge you

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ούμος

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Mountain

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αν περσαι

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Would have killed me

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σπανιν…βιου

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A living

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βορας

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Dining

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ψαυοιμι

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What I put a hand to

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ταιν μοι μελεσθαι

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Care for them

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καποκλαυσασθαι κακα

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Lament over my sorrows

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πορσυνας ταδε

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I have contrived this

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ουθ’ ίστορων

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Unknowing

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όμιλας

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Assemblies

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έορτας

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Feasts

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αντι της θεωριας

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Instead of enjoying the show

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παραρριψει

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Who shall take the risk

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δηληματα

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Disastrously

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εσπαρη

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Had sprung

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εκτησαθ’

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He begot you

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δηλαδη

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It is clear

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χερσους φθαρηναι

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You are destined to perish

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καγαμους ύμας χρεων

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Without husbands

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πρωχας ανανδρους εγγενεις αλωμενας

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While these that are your kin wander in beggary without husbands

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τηλικασδ’ όρων

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Seeing them at their age

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άλις ίν εξηκεις δακρυων

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You have wept long enough

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πειστεον, κει μηδεν ήδυ

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I shall obey, though it gives me no pleasure

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καιρω

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In season

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τοιγαρουν τευξη ταχα

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For that reason you shall soon receive it

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ά μη φρονω

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Which I do not mean

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άκρατησας

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Power to control

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λευσσατ’

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See

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τα κλειν’ αινιγματ’

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The famous riddle