Section 1 J.a. Greek to English

Question 1

ἀεί

Answer 1

always

Question 2

ἄριστος, η, ον

Answer 2

best; very good

Question 3

εἰμί

Answer 3

I am (= verb “to be”)

Question 4

Ἕλλην, ὁ

Answer 4

Greek

Question 5

ἤ

Answer 5

or

Question 6

ναῦς

Answer 6

ship

Question 7

οἶδα

Answer 7

know

Question 8

πῶς γὰρ οὔ;

Answer 8

of course

Question 9

στρατηγός, ὁ

Answer 9

general

Question 10

ΔΙΚ. μία οὖν τέχνη ἥ τε ῥαψῳδικὴ καὶ ἡ στρατηγική;

Answer 10

DIK. Are then the skill of a rhapsode and the skill of a general one [and the same]?

Question 11

ΡΑΨ. μία τέχνη, ὦ Δικαιόπολι.

Answer 11

RHAPSODE One [and the same] skill, Dikaiopolis.

Question 12

ΔΙΚ. οὔκουν οἱ ἀγαθοὶ ῥαψῳδοί εἰσιν ἅμα καὶ στρατηγοὶ ἀγαθοί;

Answer 12

DIK. So good rhapsodes are are at the same time also good generals?

Question 13

ΡΑΨ. ναί, ὦ Δικαιόπολι.

Answer 13

RHAPSODE Yes, Dikaiopolis.

Question 14

ΔΙΚ. καὶ σὺ ἄριστος ῥαψῳδὸς εἶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων;

Answer 14

DIK. And you are the best rhapsode of the Greeks?

Question 15

ΡΑΨ. μάλιστα, ὦ Δικαιόπολι.

Answer 15

RHAPSODE Certainly.

Question 16

ΔΙΚ. σὺ οὖν, ὦ ῥαψῳδέ, στρατηγὸς ἄριστος εἶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων;

Answer 16

DIK. Are you then, rhapsode, the best general of the Greeks?

Question 17

ΡΑΨ. πῶς γὰρ οὔ;

Answer 17

RHAPSODE Of course.

Question 18

ΔΙΚ. τί λέγετε, ὦ ναῦται; ἆρα μῶρος ὁ ῥαψῳδος ἢ οὔ;

Answer 18

DIK. What do you say, sailors? Is the rhapsode a fool or not?

Question 19

ΝΑΥ. μῶρος μέντοι νὴ Δία ὁ ῥαψῳδός, ὦ Δικαιόπολι.́

Answer 19

SAILORS By Zeus the rhapsode is indeed a fool, Dikaiopolis.

Question 20

στρατηγὸς μὲν γὰρ δήπου ἄριστος τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐστὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλὰ οὐκ οἶδεν ἀκριβῶς πότερον “μέλαινα” ἢ “θοὴ” ἢ “κοίλη” ἡ ναῦς.

Answer 20

The fellow is, of course, the best general of the Greeks, but he does not know precisely whether the ship is “black” or “swift” or “hollow.”

Question 21

μῶρος οὖν ἐστιν ὁ ἄριστος τῶν Ἑλλήνων στρατηγός.

Answer 21

So the best general of the Greeks is a fool.

Question 22

ΡΑΨ. δῆλον ἐστιν, ὦ Δικαιόπολι, ὅτι Σωκρατεῖς καὶ παίζεις πρὸς ἐμέ.

Answer 22

RHAPSODE It is clear, Dikaiopolis, that you are Socratising and joking with me.

Question 23

ὁ γὰρ Σωκράτης οὕτως ἀεὶ πρὸς μαθητὰς παίζει.

Answer 23

For Socrates always jokes in this way with his students.

Question 24

ΔΙΚ. ναί. οἱ Ἕλληνες ἀεὶ παῖδές εἰσιν.

Answer 24

DIK. Yes. The Greeks are always children.

Question 25

ἀεί

Answer 25

always

Question 26

ἄριστος, η, ον

Answer 26

best; very good

Question 27

εἰμί

Answer 27

I am (= verb “to be”)

Question 28

Ἕλλην, ὁ

Answer 28

Greek

Question 29

ἤ

Answer 29

or

Question 30

ναῦς

Answer 30

ship

Question 31

οἶδα

Answer 31

know

Question 32

πῶς γὰρ οὔ;

Answer 32

of course

Question 33

στρατηγός, ὁ

Answer 33

general