Section 12F Greek to English

Question 1

Ἀθήναζε

Answer 1

to Athens

Question 2

ἀστή, ἡ

Answer 2

female citizen

Question 3

ἀστός, ὁ

Answer 3

male citizen

Question 4

ἑταίρα, ἡ

Answer 4

whore, prostitute

Question 5

ἑταῖρος, ὁ

Answer 5

(male) companion

Question 6

(σ)μικρός, ά, όν

Answer 6

small, short, little

Question 7

παιδοποιέομαι

Answer 7

have children

Question 8

συνέρχομαι (συνελθ- )

Answer 8

come together

Question 9

τεκμήριον, τό

Answer 9

evidence, proof

Question 10

τίθημι (θε- )

Answer 10

put, place, make

Question 11

φανερός, ᾱ, όν

Answer 11

clear, obvious

Question 12

ὡς (+ acc.)

Answer 12

towards, to the house of (+ acc.)

Question 13

(Apollodorus sketches Neaira’s past as a slave in Corinth, in the “care” of a certain Nicarete) τοῦ νόμου τοίνυν ἠκούσατε, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, …

Answer 13

Now then, you have heard the law, judges, …

Question 14

… ὃς οὐκ ἐᾷ τὴν ξένην τῷ ἀστῷ συνοικεῖν, οὐδὲ τὴν ἀστὴν τῷ ξένῳ, οὐδὲ παιδοποιεῖσθαι.

Answer 14

…. which does not allow an alien woman to live with a male citizen nor a female citizen to live with an alien man, nor to have children.

Question 15

ὅτι οὖν ἐστιν οὐ μόνον ξένη Νέαιρα ἀλλὰ καὶ δούλη καὶ ἑταίρα τοῦθ’ ὑμῖν βούλομαι ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀκριβῶς ἐπιδεῖξαι.

Answer 15

So, that Neaira is not only an alien but also a slave and a prostitute, I want to prove to you in detail from the beginning.

Question 16

ἡ γὰρ Νέαιρα πρῶτον μὲν δούλη ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἦν Νικαρέτης, …

Answer 16

For Neaira was first of all a slave of Nikarete in Corinth …

Question 17

… ὑφ’ ἧς ἐτρέφετο παῖς μικρὰ οὖσα.

Answer 17

… by whom had been brought up from the time when she was as small child.

Question 18

καὶ τόδε φανερὸν καὶ βέβαιον τεκμήριόν ἐστι τούτου·

Answer 18

And this is clear and reliable proof of this.

Question 19

ἧν γὰρ δὴ ἑτέρα δούλη Νικαρέτης, Μετανέαιρα ὀνόματι, ἧς ἐραστὴς ὢν Λυσίας ὁ σοφιστὴς πολλὰς δραχμὰς ἔθηκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς.

Answer 19

For Nikarete had another slave called Metaneira, whose lover, the sophist Lysias, paid many drachmas for her.

Question 20

ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὴ ὑπὸ Νικαρέτης ἐλήφθησαν πᾶσαι αἱ δραχμαὶ ἃς ἔθηκεν, …

Answer 20

But since all the money which he had paid for her had been taken by Nikarete, …

Question 21

… ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ μυῆσαι αὐτὴν καὶ πολλὰ χρήματα καταθεῖναι εἴς τε τὴν ἑορτὴν καὶ τὰ μυστήρια, …

Answer 21

… he decided to make her an initiate and to spend a lot of money on the feast and on the ceremonies, …

Question 22

… βουλομένῳ ὑπὲρ Μετανείρας καὶ οὐχ ὑπὲρ Νικαρέτης τιθέναι τὰ χρήματα.

Answer 22

… wanting to spend money on Metaneira and not on Nikarete.

Question 23

καὶ ἐπείσθη Νικαρέτη ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰ μυστήρια, ἄγουσα τὴν Μετάνειραν.

Answer 23

And Nikarete was persuaded to go to the mysteries taking Metaneira.

Question 24

ἀφικομένας δὲ αὐτὰς ὁ Λυσίας εἰς μὲν τὴν αὑτοῦ οἰκίαν οὐκ εἰσάγει …

Answer 24

And when they arrived, Lysias did not take them to his own house …

Question 25

(ᾐσχύνετο γὰρ τὴν γυναῖκα ἣν εἶχε καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, ἣ γραῦς οὖσα ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ συνῴκει).

Answer 25

(for he felt shame before the wife whom he had and his mother, who was an old woman and lived in the house).

Question 26

καθίστησι δ’ αὐτὰς ὁ Λυσίας ὡς Φιλόστρατον, ᾔθεον ἔτι ὄντα καὶ φίλον αὐτῷ.

Answer 26

Lysias established them in the house of Philostratos, who was still a bachelor and was a friend of his.

Question 27

μεθ’ ὧν συνῆλθεν Ἀθήναζε Νέαιρα, δούλη Νικαρέτης οὖσα καὶ αὐτή, ἐργαζομένη μὲν ἤδη τῷ σώματι, νεωτέρα δὲ οὖσα.

Answer 27

Neaira came with them to Athens, being herself also the slave of Nikarete and already working with her body, but being somewhat younger.

Question 28

ὡς οὖν ἀληθῆ λέγω, ὅτι Νέαιρα Νικαρέτης ἦν καὶ συνῆλθε μετ’ αὐτῆς, τούτων ῦμῖν αὐτὸν Φιλόστρατον μάρτυρα καλῶ.

Answer 28

That I’m telling the truth and that Neaira was the property of Nikarete and came with her, (of these things) I call Philostratos himself as witness.

Question 29

Ἀθήναζε

Answer 29

to Athens

Question 30

ἀστή, ἡ

Answer 30

female citizen

Question 31

ἀστός, ὁ

Answer 31

male citizen

Question 32

ἑταίρα, ἡ

Answer 32

whore, prostitute

Question 33

ἑταῖρος, ὁ

Answer 33

(male) companion

Question 34

(σ)μικρός, ά, όν

Answer 34

small, short, little

Question 35

παιδοποιέομαι

Answer 35

have children

Question 36

συνέρχομαι (συνελθ- )

Answer 36

come together

Question 37

τεκμήριον, τό

Answer 37

evidence, proof

Question 38

τίθημι (θε- )

Answer 38

put, place, make

Question 39

φανερός, ά, όν

Answer 39

clear, obvious

Question 40

ὡς (+ acc.)

Answer 40

towards, to the house of (+ acc.)