Part 1

Question 1

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ σπεῖσάν τ᾽ ἔπιόν θ᾽, ὅσον ἤθελε θυμός,

Answer 1

184. But when they had poured libations and had drunk as much as their heart wanted

Question 2

τοῖσιν δ᾽ Ἀλκίνοος ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπε:

Answer 2

185. Alcinous addressed them and spoke among [them]:

Question 3

κέκλυτε, Φαιήκων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες

Answer 3

186. Listen, o leaders and counsellors of the Phaeacians,

Question 4

ὄφρ᾽ εἴπω τά με θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κελεύει.

Answer 4

187. so that I may say the things the heart in my breast bids me [to say].

Question 5

νῦν μὲν δαισάμενοι κατακείετε οἴκαδ᾽ ἰόντες:

Answer 5

188. Now having feasted, take a rest by going home

Question 6

ἠῶθεν δὲ γέροντας ἐπὶ πλέονας καλέσαντες

Answer 6

189. And in the morning having called more elders together

Question 7

ξεῖνον ἐνὶ μεγάροις ξεινίσσομεν ἠδὲ θεοῖσιν

Answer 7

190. let us entertain the stranger in our halls and to the gods

Question 8

ῥέξομεν ἱερὰ καλά, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ περὶ πομπῆς

Answer 8

191. let us offer holy sacrifices. And then also of his conveyance

Question 9

μνησόμεθ᾽, ὥς χ᾽ ὁ ξεῖνος ἄνευθε πόνου καὶ ἀνίης

Answer 9

192. let us take thought, so that the stranger without toil and pain

Question 10

πομπῇ ὑφ᾽ ἡμετέρῃ ἣν πατρίδα γαῖαν ἵκηται

Answer 10

193. may come under our guidance to his native land

Question 11

χαίρων καρπαλίμως, εἰ καὶ μάλα τηλόθεν ἐστί,

Answer 11

194. swiftly and with rejoicing, even if he is from very far away.

Question 12

μηδέ τι μεσσηγύς γε κακὸν καὶ πῆμα πάθῃσι,

Answer 12

195. Meanwhile let him not suffer any evil and harm,

Question 13

πρίν γε τὸν ἧς γαίης ἐπιβήμεναι: ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔπειτα

Answer 13

196. until he sets foot upon his own land: but thereafter

Question 14

πείσεται, ἅσσα οἱ αἶσα κατὰ κλῶθές τε βαρεῖαι

Answer 14

197. he will suffer, whatever fate and the dread spinners for him

Question 15

γιγνομένῳ νήσαντο λίνῳ, ὅτε μιν τέκε μήτηρ.

Answer 15

198. spun out with their thread at his birth, when his mother bore him.