Section 1 (phrases)

Question 1

οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι

Answer 1

The Egyptians,

Question 2

πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον

Answer 2

before Psammetichus

Question 3

σφῶν βασιλεῦσαι

Answer 3

became their king,

Question 4

ἐνόμιζον

Answer 4

thought that

Question 5

ἑαυτοὺς

Answer 5

they themselves

Question 6

πρώτους γενέσθαι

Answer 6

were the oldest

Question 7

πάντων ἀνθρώπων·

Answer 7

of all men.

Question 8

ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος

Answer 8

But since Psammetichus

Question 9

βασιλεύσας

Answer 9

on becoming king,

Question 10

ἠθέλησεν εἰδέναι

Answer 10

wished to know

Question 11

οἵτινες

Answer 11

who

Question 12

γένοιντο

Answer 12

were

Question 13

πρῶτοι

Answer 13

the oldest,

Question 14

ἀπὸ τούτου (χρόνου)

Answer 14

from this time

Question 15

νομίζουσι

Answer 15

they have considered that

Question 16

Φρύγας

Answer 16

the Phrygians

Question 17

προτέρους γενέσθαι

Answer 17

are older

Question 18

ἑαυτῶν

Answer 18

than themselves,

Question 19

τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑαυτούς.

Answer 19

and themselves [older] than the rest.

Question 20

Ψαμμήτιχος δὲ

Answer 20

And Psammetichus,

Question 21

ὡς

Answer 21

when

Question 22

οὐκ ἐδύνατο

Answer 22

he could not

Question 23

πυνθανόμενος

Answer 23

by enquiring find

Question 24

πόρον οὐδένα

Answer 24

any solution

Question 25

τούτου ἀνευρεῖν

Answer 25

to this question,

Question 26

οἳ

Answer 26

who

Question 27

γένοιντο

Answer 27

were

Question 28

ἀνθρώπων

Answer 28

of men,

Question 29

ἐπιτεχνᾶται

Answer 29

he devised

Question 30

τοιόνδε

Answer 30

the following.

Question 31

παιδία δύο νεογνὰ

Answer 31

two new-born children

Question 32

ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων

Answer 32

of people taken at random

Question 33

δίδωσι

Answer 33

he gave

Question 34

ποιμένι

Answer 34

to a shepherd

Question 35

τρέφειν

Answer 35

to rear,

Question 36

ἐντειλάμενος

Answer 36

instructing that

Question 37

μηδένα

Answer 37

no-one

Question 38

ἀντίον αὐτῶν

Answer 38

in their presence

Question 39

μηδεμίαν φωνὴν ἱέναι

Answer 39

should utter any speech,

Question 40

ἐν στέγῃ δὲ ἐρήμῃ

Answer 40

but in a lonely hut

Question 41

ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν

Answer 41

by themselves

Question 42

κεῖσθαι αὐτά

Answer 42

they should be put,

Question 43

καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ

Answer 43

and that at the appropriate time

Question 44

τὸν ποιμένα

Answer 44

the shepherd

Question 45

ἐπάγειν

Answer 45

should bring in

Question 46

αὐτοῖς αἶγας

Answer 46

goats to them,

Question 47

πλήσαντα δὲ

Answer 47

and having filled them

Question 48

τοῦ γάλακτος

Answer 48

with milk

Question 49

τἆλλα διαπράττεσθαι.

Answer 49

should do all the other necessary things.

Question 50

πρῶτοι

Answer 50

the oldest