Section 4 (phrases)

Question 1

Μυκερίνῳ τὰ μὲν τοῦ πατρὸς ἔργα ἀφήνδανε·

Answer 1

The deeds of his father did not please Mycerinus;

Question 2

ὁ δὲ τὰ τε ἱερὰ ἀνέῳξε,

Answer 2

he opened the temples

Question 3

καὶ τὸν λεὼν,

Answer 3

and the people,

Question 4

τετρυμένον εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον κακοῦ,

Answer 4

afflicted to an extreme point of suffering

Question 5

ἀνῆκε πρὸς ἔργα τε καὶ θυσίας·

Answer 5

he allowed back to their tasks and sacrifices.

Question 6

δίκας δὲ αὐτοῖς πάντων βασιλέων δικαιοτάτας ἔκρινεν.

Answer 6

To them he gave judgements which were the most just of all kings.

Question 7

ὄντι δὲ ἠπίῳ τῷ Μυκερίνῳ κατὰ τοὺς πολίτας

Answer 7

But although Mycerinus was being gentle with regard to the citizens

Question 8

καὶ ταῦτα ἐπιτηδεύοντι

Answer 8

and behaving in such a way

Question 9

πρῶτον κακῶν ἦρξεν ἡ θυγατὴρ ἀποθανοῦσα

Answer 9

his daughter, by dying, first began his woes,

Question 10

ἣ μόνον οἱ ἦν ἐν τοῖς οἰκίοις τέκνον.

Answer 10

she who was his only child in the household.

Question 11

μετὰ δὲ τὸ τῆς θυγατρὸς πάθος,

Answer 11

After the fate of his daughter

Question 12

δεύτερα τούτῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ τάδε ἐγένετο·

Answer 12

then a second [misfortune] happened to this king as follows

Question 13

ἦλθεν οἱ μαντεῖον ἐκ Βουτοῦς πόλεως,

Answer 13

A prophecy from the city of Buto came to him

Question 14

ὡς μέλλοι ἕξ ἔτη μόνον βιοὺς τῷ ἑβδόμῳ τελευτήσειν.

Answer 14

that having lived for only 6 years, he was going to die in the seventh.

Question 15

ὁ δὲ δεινὸν ποιησάμενος

Answer 15

He, taking it badly,

Question 16

ἔπεμψεν εἰς τὸ μαντεῖον τῷ θεῷ ὀνείδισμα,

Answer 16

sent a reproach for the god to the
oracle

Question 17

ἀντιμεμφόμενος τάδε·

Answer 17

making the following criticisms in reply:

Question 18

“ὁ μὲν πατὴρ ἐμοῦ καὶ πάτρως,

Answer 18

My father and uncle

Question 19

ἀποκλείσαντες τὰ ἱερὰ,

Answer 19

shutting the temples

Question 20

καὶ θεῶν οὐ μεμνημένοι

Answer 20

and not being mindful of the gods

Question 21

ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους φθείροντες,

Answer 21

but rather destroying men

Question 22

ἐβίωσαν ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον·

Answer 22

lived for a long time

Question 23

ἐγὼ δ’ εὐσεβὴς ὢν

Answer 23

I, although pious,

Question 24

μέλλω ταχέως οὕτω τελευτήσειν.”

Answer 24

am going to die quickly in this way.”