Section 1 (phrases) Flashcards
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οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι
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The Egyptians,
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πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον
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before Psammetichus
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σφῶν βασιλεῦσαι
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became their king,
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ἐνόμιζον
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thought that
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ἑαυτοὺς
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they themselves
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πρώτους γενέσθαι
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were the oldest
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πάντων ἀνθρώπων·
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of all men.
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ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος
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But since Psammetichus
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βασιλεύσας
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on becoming king,
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ἠθέλησεν εἰδέναι
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wished to know
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οἵτινες
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who
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γένοιντο
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were
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πρῶτοι
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the oldest,
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ἀπὸ τούτου (χρόνου)
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from this time
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νομίζουσι
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they have considered that
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Φρύγας
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the Phrygians
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προτέρους γενέσθαι
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are older
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ἑαυτῶν
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than themselves,
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τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἑαυτούς.
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and themselves [older] than the rest.
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Ψαμμήτιχος δὲ
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And Psammetichus,
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ὡς
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when
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οὐκ ἐδύνατο
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he could not
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πυνθανόμενος
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by enquiring find
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πόρον οὐδένα
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any solution
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τούτου ἀνευρεῖν
to this question,
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οἳ
who
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γένοιντο
were
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ἀνθρώπων
of men,
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ἐπιτεχνᾶται
he devised
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τοιόνδε
the following.
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παιδία δύο νεογνὰ
two new-born children
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ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων
of people taken at random
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δίδωσι
he gave
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ποιμένι
to a shepherd
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τρέφειν
to rear,
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ἐντειλάμενος
instructing that
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μηδένα
no-one
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ἀντίον αὐτῶν
in their presence
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μηδεμίαν φωνὴν ἱέναι
should utter any speech,
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ἐν στέγῃ δὲ ἐρήμῃ
but in a lonely hut
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ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν
by themselves
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κεῖσθαι αὐτά
they should be put,
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καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ
and that at the appropriate time
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τὸν ποιμένα
the shepherd
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ἐπάγειν
should bring in
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αὐτοῖς αἶγας
goats to them,
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πλήσαντα δὲ
and having filled them
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τοῦ γάλακτος
with milk
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τἆλλα διαπράττεσθαι.
should do all the other necessary things.
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πρῶτοι
the oldest
