Part 2 Flashcards
1
Q
’‘ εἰ δέ τις ἀθανάτων γε κατ᾽ οὐρανοῦ εἰλήλουθεν,
A
- But if one of the immortals has come down from heaven
2
Q
ἄλλο τι δὴ τόδ᾽ ἔπειτα θεοὶ περιμηχανόωνται.
A
- then this indeed is something new the gods are planning.
3
Q
αἰεὶ γὰρ τὸ πάρος γε θεοὶ φαίνονται ἐναργεῖς
A
- for always in the past the gods appear in manifest form
4
Q
ἡμῖν, εὖτ᾽ ἔρδωμεν ἀγακλειτὰς ἑκατόμβας,
A
- before us, when we offer [them] glorious hecatombs
5
Q
δαίνυνταί τε παρ᾽ ἄμμι καθήμενοι ἔνθα περ ἡμεῖς.
A
- and they feast among us, sitting just where we [sit].
6
Q
εἰ δ᾽ ἄρα τις καὶ μοῦνος ἰὼν ξύμβληται ὁδίτης,
A
- And then even if some lone traveller on his way meets them,
7
Q
οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν, ἐπεί σφισιν ἐγγύθεν εἰμέν,
A
- they do not hide away at all, since we are near kin to them,
8
Q
ὥς περ Κύκλωπές τε καὶ ἄγρια φῦλα Γιγάντων.
A
- just as the Cyclopes and the wild tribes of the Giants.
9
Q
τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς:
A
- The resourceful Odysseus answered him, replying:
10
Q
‘Ἀλκίνο᾽, ἄλλο τί τοι μελέτω φρεσίν: οὐ γὰρ ἐγώ γε
A
- Alcinous, let something else be a concern for your mind: for I am not
11
Q
ἀθανάτοισιν ἔοικα, τοὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσιν,
A
- like the immortals, those who hold broad heaven,
12
Q
οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, ἀλλὰ θνητοῖσι βροτοῖσιν.
A
- neither in stature nor in form, but [like] mortal men.
13
Q
οὕς τινας ὑμεῖς ἴστε μάλιστ᾽ ὀχέοντας ὀιζὺν
A
- Whoever you know of men who bear suffering most of all
14
Q
ἀνθρώπων, τοῖσίν κεν ἐν ἄλγεσιν ἰσωσαίμην.
A
- to them might I liken myself in sorrow.
