Part 5

Question 1

‘ἀργαλέον, βασίλεια, διηνεκέως ἀγορεῦσαι

Answer 1

241. [It is] hard, o queen, to tell to the end

Question 2

κήδε᾽, ἐπεί μοι πολλὰ δόσαν θεοὶ Οὐρανίωνες:

Answer 2

242. my troubles, since the heavenly gods gave me many”

Question 3

τοῦτο δέ τοι ἐρέω ὅ μ᾽ ἀνείρεαι ἠδὲ μεταλλᾷς.

Answer 3

243. But this I tell you, [about] which you ask me and inquire.

Question 4

Ὠγυγίη τις νῆσος ἀπόπροθεν εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται:

Answer 4

244. A certain Ogygia, an island, lies far off in the sea:

Question 5

ἔνθα μὲν Ἄτλαντος θυγάτηρ, δολόεσσα Καλυψὼ

Answer 5

245. There the daughter of Atlas, guileful Calypso

Question 6

ναίει ἐυπλόκαμος, δεινὴ θεός: οὐδέ τις αὐτῇ

Answer 6

246. dwells, the fair-haired one, a dread goddess, and no one

Question 7

μίσγεται οὔτε θεῶν οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων.

Answer 7

247. neither of gods nor of mortal men has dealings with her.

Question 8

ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἐφέστιον ἤγαγε δαίμων

Answer 8

248. But fate brought me, the unfortunate one, to her hearth

Question 9

οἶον, ἐπεί μοι νῆα θοὴν ἀργῆτι κεραυνῷ

Answer 9

249. alone, since my swift ship with a bright thunderbolt

Question 10

Ζεὺς ἔλσας ἐκέασσε μέσῳ ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντῳ.

Answer 10

250. Zeus had struck and shattered in the middle of the wine-dark sea.