Section 1B.a. Greek to English

Question 1

ἆρα (Section One B)

Answer 1

(This word indicates a question)

Question 2

δεῦρο

Answer 2

here, over here

Question 3

ἐγώ

Answer 3

I

Question 4

καί

Answer 4

also

Question 5

σύ

Answer 5

you (s.)

Question 6

τίς;

Answer 6

what? who?

Question 7

ὦ

Answer 7

O (addressing someone)

Question 8

ΖΗΝΟΘΕΜΙΣ (pointing to the land) δεῦρο ἐλθέ, ὦ Δικαιόπολι, καὶ βλέπε.

Answer 8

SDENOTHEMIS: Come here, Dikaiopolis, and look.

Question 9

ἐγὼ γὰρ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ὁρῶ.

Answer 9

For I see the acropolis.

Question 10

ἆρα καὶ σὺ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ὁρᾷς;

Answer 10

Can you also see the Acropolis?

Question 11

ΔΙΚΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΣ (peering towards the land) ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀρκόπολις;

Answer 11

DIKAIOPOLIS: where is the acropolis?

Question 12

ἐγὼ γὰρ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν οὐχ ὁρῶ.

Answer 12

For I cannot not see the Acropolis.

Question 13

ΖΗΝ. δεῦρο ἐλθέ, καὶ βλέπε.

Answer 13

SDEN. Come over here and look.

Question 14

ἇρα οὐχ ὁρᾷς σὺ τὸν Παρθενῶνα;

Answer 14

Do you not see the Parthenon?

Question 15

ΔΙΚ. ναί. νῦν γὰρ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ὁρῶ καὶ ἐγώ.

Answer 15

DIK. Yes. Now I too can see the Akropolis.

Question 16

ΖΗΝ. ὦ Ζεῦ. ὡς καλός ἐστιν ὁ Παρθενῶν, καλὴ δὲ ἡ ἀρκόπολις.

Answer 16

SDEN. O Zeus! How beautiful is the Parthenon, and [how] beautiful the Acropolis.

Question 17

ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ (agreeing) ἀληθῆ σὺ λέγεις, ὦ Ζηνόθεμι.

Answer 17

CAPTAIN: You’re right, Sdenothemis.

Question 18

(with a sudden start) ἄκουε. ψόφος. ἆρα ἀκούεις; τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψόφος;

Answer 18

Listen! A noise. Do you hear? What is the noise?

Question 19

ἆρα ἀκούεις καὶ σὺ τὸν ψόφον, ὦ Ζγνόθεμι;

Answer 19

Do you also hear the noise, Sdenothemis?

Question 20

ΖΗΝ. (hurriedly dismissing the subject) οὐ μὰ Δία, οὐδὲν ἀκούω ἐγώ, ὦ κυβερνῆτα.

Answer 20

SDEN. No, by Zeus, I hear nothing, captain.

Question 21

μὴ φρόντιζε. ἀλλὰ δεῦρο ἐλθὲ καὶ βλέπε.

Answer 21

Don’t worry. But come over here and look.

Question 22

ἐγὼ γὰρ τὸ νεώριον ὁρῶ καὶ τὸν Πειραιᾶ.

Answer 22

For I see the dockyard and the Piraeus.

Question 23

ἆρα ὁρᾷς καὶ σὺ τὸ νεώριον;

Answer 23

Do you also see the dockyard?

Question 24

ΚΥΒ. ναί.

Answer 24

CAPTAIN: Yes.

Question 25

ΖΗΝ. ὦ Ζεῦ, ὡς καλόν ἐστι τὸ νεώριον, καλὸς δὲ ὁ Πειραιεύς.

Answer 25

SDEN. O Zeus, how beautiful is the dockyard, and [how] beautiful is the Piraeus.

Question 26

ΚΥΒ. (agreeing impatiently) ἀληθῆ λέγεις, ὦ Ζηνόθεμι.

Answer 26

CAPTAIN: You are right, Sdenothemis.

Question 27

ἰδού, ψόφος. αὖθις γὰρ τὸ ψόφον ἀκούω ἔγωγε.

Answer 27

Hey! A noise. For again I hear the noise.

Question 28

ΔΙΚ. καὶ ἐγὼ τὸν ψόφον αὖθις ἀκούω, ὦ κυβερνῆτα, σαφῶς.

Answer 28

DIK. And too hear the noise again, captain, clearly.

Question 29

ἐγὼ οὖν καὶ σύ ἀκούομεν τὸν ψόφον.

Answer 29

So you and I (both) hear the noise.

Question 30

ἆρα

Answer 30

(This word indicates a question)

Question 31

δεῦρο

Answer 31

here, over here

Question 32

ἐγώ

Answer 32

I

Question 33

καί

Answer 33

also

Question 34

σύ

Answer 34

you (s.)

Question 35

τίς;

Answer 35

what? who?

Question 36

ὦ

Answer 36

O (addressing someone)