Section 2 (phrases)

Question 1

ταῦτα δ’ ἐποίει τε καὶ ἐνετέλλετο ὁ Ψαμμήτιχος

Answer 1

Psammetichus did these things and gave these instructions,

Question 2

ἐθέλων

Answer 2

wishing

Question 3

ἀκοῦσαι

Answer 3

to hear

Question 4

ἥντινα φωνὴν

Answer 4

what speech

Question 5

ῥήξουσι πρώτην οἱ παῖδες

Answer 5

the children would first break into,

Question 6

ἀπαλλαχθέντων τῶν ἀσήμων κνυζημάτων

Answer 6

when meaningless baby-talk was set aside.

Question 7

ἅπερ οὖν καὶ ἐγένετο

Answer 7

And so these things actually happened

Question 8

ὡς γὰρ διετὴς χρόνος ἐγεγόνει

Answer 8

for after a period of two years had passed,

Question 9

τῷ ποιμένι ἀνοίγοντι τὴν θύραν

Answer 9

when the shepherd opened the door

Question 10

καὶ εἰσιόντι

Answer 10

and came in,

Question 11

τὰ παιδία ἀμφότερα

Answer 11

both the children

Question 12

προσπίπτοντα

Answer 12

ran up to him

Question 13

“βεκός” ἐφώνουν

Answer 13

and shouted “bekos,

Question 14

ὀρέγοντα τὰς χεῖρας.

Answer 14

stretching out their hands.

Question 15

τὰ μὲν δὴ πρῶτα

Answer 15

At first

Question 16

ἀκούσας ἥσυχος ἦν ὁ ποιμήν ·

Answer 16

when the shepherd heard it he kept quiet

Question 17

ὡς δὲ

Answer 17

But since

Question 18

πολλάκις φοιτῶντι αὐτῷ

Answer 18

as he often visited

Question 19

καὶ ἐπιμελομένῳ πολὺ

Answer 19

and paid careful heed

Question 20

ἦν τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος

Answer 20

this word was [frequently repeated],

Question 21

οὕτω δὴ

Answer 21

in this way indeed

Question 22

σημήνας

Answer 22

giving the information

Question 23

τῷ δεσπότῃ

Answer 23

to his master

Question 24

ἤγαγε τὰ παιδία

Answer 24

he took the children

Question 25

εἰς ὄψιν τὴν ἐκείνου

Answer 25

into his sight.

Question 26

ἀκούσας δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ψαμμήτιχος

Answer 26

When Psammetichus heard for himself as well,

Question 27

ἐπυνθάνετο

Answer 27

he enquired

Question 28

οἵτινες ἀνθρώπων

Answer 28

what people

Question 29

“βέκος” τι καλοῦσι·

Answer 29

call something “bekos”:

Question 30

πυνθανόμενος δὲ

Answer 30

and by enquiring

Question 31

ηὕρισκε

Answer 31

he found out that

Question 32

Φρύγας

Answer 32

the Phrygians

Question 33

καλοῦντας

Answer 33

called

Question 34

τὸν ἄρτον

Answer 34

bread [by this name].

Question 35

οὕτω συνεχώρησαν Αἰγύπτιοι

Answer 35

And so the Egyptians agreed,

Question 36

τοιούτῳ σταθμησάμενοι

Answer 36

having weighed it up

Question 37

πράγματι,

Answer 37

by such evidence

Question 38

τοὺς Φρύγας

Answer 38

that the Phrygians

Question 39

πρεσβυτέρους εἶναι

Answer 39

were older

Question 40

ἑαυτῶν.

Answer 40

than themselves.