Section 5 (sentences)

Question 1

ἐκ δὲ τοῦ χρηστηρίου τούτου αὐτῷ δεύτερον ἦλθε λεγον,

Answer 1

From this oracle came a second prophecy to him saying

Question 2

“τούτων ἕνεκα καὶ συνταχύνει σοι ὁ βίος· οὐ γὰρ πεποίηκας ὃ χρεὼν ἦν ποιεῖν.

Answer 2

“This is exactly why your life is hastening to an end, since you have not done what it was necessary to do

Question 3

δεῖ γὰρ Αἴγυπτον κακοῦσθαι ἐπ’ ἔτη πεντήκοντά τε καὶ ἑκατόν·

Answer 3

For Egypt must
suffer for 150 years;

Question 4

καὶ οἱ μὲν δύο βασιλεῖς, οἱ πρὸ σοῦ γενόμενοι, ἔμαθον τοῦτο, σὺ δὲ οὔ.”

Answer 4

the two kings who were before you understood this but you did not.”

Question 5

ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ Μυκερῖνος, ὡς κατακεκριμένων ἤδη οἱ τούτων, λύχνα ποιησάμενος πολλὰ,

Answer 5

Hearing this, Mycerinus, since these things had already been decided for him, he made lots of lamps,

Question 6

ἀνάψας αὐτὰ ὅπως γίγνοιτο νὺξ, ἔπινέ τε καὶ ηὐπάθει οὔθ’ ἡμέρας οὔτε νυκτὸς ἀνιείς,

Answer 6

and lit them whenever night came, He both drank and made merry giving up neither day nor night,

Question 7

εἴς τε τὰ ἕλη καὶ τὰ ἄλση πλανώμενος καὶ ἵνα γῆς πυνθάνοιτο εἶναι ἐνηβητήρια ἐπιτηδειότατα.

Answer 7

wandering into the marshes and groves and wherever in the land he discovered to be the most appropriate places of amusement.

Question 8

ταῦτα δὲ ἐμηχανᾶτο ἐθέλων τὸ μαντεῖον ψευδόμενον ἀποδεῖξαι,

Answer 8

He devised these actions wishing to prove the oracle false

Question 9

ἵνα οἱ δώδεκα ἔτη ἀντὶ ἓξ ἐτῶν γένοιτο, τῶν νυκτῶν ἡμερῶν ποιουμένων.

Answer 9

so that he might have 12 years instead of 6, by turning nights into days.