Section 3C b English to Greek

Question 1

each other, one another

Answer 1

ἀλλήλους

Question 2

other, the rest of

Answer 2

ἄλλος, η, ο

Question 3

near, nearby (+ gen.)

Answer 3

ἐγγύς (+ gen.)

Question 4

speak! tell me!

Answer 4

εἰπέ

Question 5

when, since, because

Answer 5

ἐπειδή

Question 6

in, on, by, according to (+ acc.)

Answer 6

κατά (+ acc.)

Question 7

Spartan

Answer 7

Λακεδαιμόνιος, ὁ

Question 8

take, capture

Answer 8

λαμβάνω

Question 9

word, speech; story, tale

Answer 9

λόγος, ὁ

Question 10

learn, understand

Answer 10

μανθάνω

Question 11

naval

Answer 11

ναυτικός, ή, όν

Question 12

and not, not even

Answer 12

οὐδέ

Question 13

skill, art, expertise

Answer 13

τέχνη, ἡ

Question 14

(Meanwhile Dikaiopolis and the sailors are still talking to each other.)

Answer 14

(ἐν δὲ τούτῳ ὅ τε Δικαιόπολις καὶ οἱ ναῦται ἔτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους διαλέγονται.)

Question 15

DIKAIOPOLIS O Zeus! Terrible is the danger in Salamis and great.

Answer 15

ΔΙΚ. ὦ Ζεῦ. δεινὸς γὰρ ὁ ἐν Σαλαμῖνι κίνδυνος ἡμῖν καὶ μέγας.

Question 16

Look rhapsode: but where is the man?

Answer 16

ἰδού, ὦ ῥαψῳδέ· ἀλλὰ ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ανήρ;

Question 17

For I cannot see the man.

Answer 17

οὐ γὰρ ὁρῶ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἄνδρα.

Question 18

SAILOR Look, this rhapsode “is cowering” in the ship “like an Achaean at Hector’s mercy.”

Answer 18

ΝΑΥ. ἰδού, “πτώσει” οὗτος ὁ ῥαψῳδὸς ἐν τῇ νηί, “ὥσπερ Ἀχαιὸς ὑφ’ Ἕκτορι.”

Question 19

He’s afraid of the Spartans.

Answer 19

φοβεῖται γὰρ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους.

Question 20

DIK. Tell me, rhapsode, what are you doing?

Answer 20

ΔΙΚ. εἰπέ μοι, ὦ ῥαψῳδέ, τί ποιεῖς;

Question 21

What fear takes hold of you?

Answer 21

τίς φόβος λαμβάνει σε;

Question 22

For you are the best general of the Greeks.

Answer 22

σὺ γὰρ στρατηγὸς εἶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἄριστος.

Question 23

Don’t do this and don’t be afraid of these Spartans.

Answer 23

μὴ ποίει τοῦτο μηδὲ φοβοῦ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους τούτους.

Question 24

Look, we are already near the harbor.

Answer 24

ἰδού, ἐγγὺς τοῦ λιμένος ἐσμὲν ἤδη.

Question 25

So don’t be afraid.

Answer 25

μὴ οὖν φοβοῦ.

Question 26

RHAPSODE What are you saying?

Answer 26

ΡΑΨ. (still shaking with fear) τί φής;

Question 27

Are the Spartans arriving?

Answer 27

ἆρα ἀφικνοῦνται οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι;

Question 28

I am afraid of the Spartans, I am.

Answer 28

φοβοῦμαι γὰρ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἔγωγε.

Question 29

For those men take sailors and kill them.

Answer 29

τοὺς γὰρ ναύτας λαμβάνουσιν ἐκεῖνοι καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν.

Question 30

SAILOR But no ship is arriving, my friend,

Answer 30

ΝΑΥ. ἀλλὰ οὐδεμία ναῦς ἔρχεται, ὦ τᾶν, …

Question 31

and it is clear that not one of the Spartans is arriving, nor taking anybody, nor killing us or you (pl.)

Answer 31

… καὶ δῆλον ὅτι οὐκ ἀφικνεῖται Λακεδαιμόνιος οὐδείς, οὐδὲ λαμβάνει οὐδένα, οὐδὲ ἀποκτείνει οὔτε ἡμᾶς οὔτε ὑμᾶς.

Question 32

Do you not remember the words of Pericles?

Answer 32

σὺ δὲ οὐ μιμνήσκῃ τοὺς τοῦ Περικλέους λογους;

Question 33

RHAP. What are the words? Tell me: for I do not remember.

Answer 33

ΡΑΨ. τίνες οἱ λόγοι; λέγε μοι· οὐ γὰρ μιμνήσκομαι.

Question 34

SAILOR Listen then to what Pericles says in the ecclesia (assembly) about war and about nautical matters:

Answer 34

ΝΑΥ. ἄκουε οὖν τί λέγει ὁ Περικλῆς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ περὶ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τῶν ναυτικῶν·

Question 35

“Do not be afraid, Athenians, of the Spartans.

Answer 35

“μὴ φοβεῖσθε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους.

Question 36

For those men have supremacy on land, we [have supremacy] at sea.

Answer 36

ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ κρατοῦσι κατὰ γὴν, ἡμεῖς δὲ κατὰ θάλατταν.

Question 37

But we too have some experience on land,

Answer 37

ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἔχομεν ἐμπειρίαν τινὰ κατὰ γῆν, …

Question 38

while they have no experience in nautical matters.

Answer 38

… ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐδεμίαν ἔχουσιν εἰς τὰ ναυτικὰ ἐμπειρίαν.

Question 39

And moreover, the Spartans to not easily learn nautical matters, I know that well,

Answer 39

καὶ δὴ καὶ οὐ ῥᾳδίως μανθάνουσιν οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὰ ναυτικά, εὖ οἶδα ὅτι, …

Question 40

since they are farmers and not seafarers.

Answer 40

ἐπειδὴ γεωργοί εἰσι καὶ οὐ θαλάττιοι.

Question 41

Nautical [expertise] is a skill:

Answer 41

τὸ δὲ ναυτικὸν τέχνη ἐστί·

Question 42

and this ‘skill’ men learn through practice, as they do other skills, and no other way.

Answer 42

καὶ ταύτην μανθάνουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι διὰ τὴν μελετήν, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰς ἄλλας τέχνας, ἄλλως δε οὐδαμῶς.

Question 43

For you know well that not easily, but with difficulty and much practice, do you learn this skill.

Answer 43

ὑμεῖς γὰρ δὴ εὖ ἴστε ὅτι οὐ ῥᾳδίως, ἀλλὰ χαλεπῶς καὶ μετὰ πολλῆς μελετῆς, μανθάνετε ταύτην τὴν τέχνην.

Question 44

‘But the Spartans,’ one of you says, ‘do they not practice?’

Answer 44

— ‘αλλὰ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι’ — φησί τίς ὑμῶν — ‘ἆρα οὐ μελετῶσιν;’

Question 45

I reply, ‘NO, but we, since we have supremacy at sea, are preventing them.’”

Answer 45

— ἐγὼ δε ἀποκρίνομαι ‘οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ἡμεῖς, ἐπειδὴ κρατοῦμεν κατὰ θάλατταν, κωλύομεν.’”

Question 46

DIK. And now see the harbor!

Answer 46

ΔΙΚ. (comfortingly) καὶ μὴν ὁρᾶτε τὸν λιμένα.

Question 47

How many torches [there are], how many warships, how much confusion, how many men!

Answer 47

ὅσαι αἱ λαμπάδες, ὅσαι αἱ νῆες, ὅσος ὁ θόρυβος, ὅσοι οἱ ἄνδρες.

Question 48

Look! Like ants, those sailors are swarming into the harbor.

Answer 48

ἰδού· ὥσπερ γὰρ μύρμηκες, οὕτω συνέρχονται ἐκεῖνοι οἱ ναῦται εἰς τὸν λιμένα.

Question 49

Great is the number both of men and of trierarchs.

Answer 49

μέγα γὰρ ἡμῖν τὸ πλῆθος τὸ τῶν τε νεῶν καὶ τῶν τριηράρχων.

Question 50

each other, one another

Answer 50

ἀλλήλους

Question 51

other, the rest of

Answer 51

ἄλλος, η, ο

Question 52

near, nearby (+ gen.)

Answer 52

ἐγγύς (+ gen.)

Question 53

speak! tell me!

Answer 53

εἰπέ

Question 54

when, since, because

Answer 54

ἐπειδή

Question 55

in, on, by, according to (+ acc.)

Answer 55

κατά (+ acc.)

Question 56

Spartan

Answer 56

Λακεδαιμόνιος, ὁ

Question 57

take, capture

Answer 57

λαμβάνω

Question 58

word, speech; story, tale

Answer 58

λόγος, ὁ

Question 59

learn, understand

Answer 59

μανθάνω

Question 60

naval

Answer 60

ναυτικός, ή, όν

Question 61

and not, not even

Answer 61

οὐδέ

Question 62

skill, art, expertise

Answer 62

τέχνη, ἡ