Section 2 B.a. Greek to English

Question 1

ἀγαθός, ή, όν

Answer 1

good, noble, courageous

Question 2

Ἀθηναῖος, ὁ

Answer 2

Athenian

Question 3

ἀπορέω

Answer 3

be at a loss; have no resources

Question 4

βέβαιος, ᾱ, ον

Answer 4

secure

Question 5

βραδέως

Answer 5

slowly

Question 6

νικάω

Answer 6

win, defeat

Question 7

ὅσος, η, ον

Answer 7

how great!

Question 8

πίπτω

Answer 8

fall, die

Question 9

τέλος

Answer 9

in the end, finally

Question 10

ΡΑΨ. “μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Ξέρξου θείου βασιλῆος οὐλομένην.”

Answer 10

RHAPSODE “Sing, goddess, the destructive weath of Xerxes, the god-like king.”

Question 11

οἱ μὲν οὖν βάρβαροι βραδέως προσέρχονται πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, …

Answer 11

So the foreigners approach the city, …

Question 12

… οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἀποροῦσι καὶ φοβοῦνται.

Answer 12

… while the Athenians are at a loss and are afraid.

Question 13

πολλὴ μὲν γὰρ ἡ τῶν Περσῶν στρατία, ὀλίγοι δὲ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι.

Answer 13

For the Persian army [is] large, and the Athenians few.

Question 14

καὶ πολλαὶ μὲν αἱ τῶν Περσῶν νῆες, ὀλίγαι δὲ αἱ νῆες αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων.

Answer 14

Many [are] the Persian ships, but few the ships of the Athenians.

Question 15

πολὺς μὲν οὖν ὁ τῶν Ἀθηναίων κίνδυνος, πολλὴ δὲ ἡ ἀπορία, πολὺς δὲ καὶ ὁ φόβος.

Answer 15

Great then [is] the danger of the Athenians, great their perplexity and great also their fear.

Question 16

τὰς μὲν οὖν θυσίας τοῖς θεοῖς θύουσιν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ πολλὰ εὐχονται, …

Answer 16

So the Athenians sacrifice their sacrifices to the gods and pray much;

Question 17

εἰσβαίνουσι δὲ ταχέως εἰς τὰς ναῦς καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας μάχονται.

Answer 17

they go quickly into their ships and fight for their freedom.

Question 18

ἀγαθὸν γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία.

Answer 18

For freedom [is] a good thing.

Question 19

τέλος δὲ ἀφικνοῦνται οἱ Πέρσαι, μάχονται δὲ οἱ Ἕλληνες.

Answer 19

Finally the Persians arrive and the Greeks fight.

Question 20

πολλὴ γὰρ ἡ τόλμα ἡ τῶν τε Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν.

Answer 20

Great [is] the daring of the Greeks and their generals.

Question 21

καὶ ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ ὅσαι εἰσὶν αἱ βοαί, ὅσαι αἱ ἀπορίαι, ὅσαι αἱ τῶν θεῶν ἱκετεῖαι.

Answer 21

And in the sea-battle, how many are the shouts, how great the perplexities, how many the supplications to the gods!

Question 22

τέλος δὲ νικῶσι μὲν τὸ τῶν Περσῶν ναυτικὸν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, …

Answer 22

Finally the Athenians defeat the Persian fleet …

Question 23

πίπτουσι δὲ οἱ Πέρσαι, καὶ οὐ δουλοῦνται τοὺς Ἀθηναίους.

Answer 23

… and the Persians fall and they do not enslave the Athenians.

Question 24

καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐλευθεροῦσιν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα σῴζουσι διὰ τὴν τόλμαν.

Answer 24

The Athenians free Greece and save their country through their daring.

Question 25

ἡ γὰρ ἀρετὴ καὶ ἡ τόλμα τήν τε ὕβριν καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἀεὶ νικῶσιν.

Answer 25

For courage and daring always defeat aggression and superior numbers.

Question 26

οὕτως οὖν βεβαία γίγνεται ἡ τῶν Ἑλλήνων σωτηρία.

Answer 26

So thus the salvation of the Greeks becomes secure.

Question 27

ἀγαθός, ή, όν

Answer 27

good, noble, courageous

Question 28

Ἀθηναῖος, ὁ

Answer 28

Athenian

Question 29

ἀπορέω

Answer 29

be at a loss; have no resources

Question 30

βέβαιος, ᾱ, ον

Answer 30

secure

Question 31

βραδέως

Answer 31

slowly

Question 32

νικάω

Answer 32

win, defeat

Question 33

ὅσος, η, ον

Answer 33

how great!

Question 34

πίπτω

Answer 34

fall, die

Question 35

τέλος

Answer 35

in the end, finally