Section 6 (phrases)

Question 1

μέχρι μὲν τεττάρων μηνῶν πλοῦ καὶ ὁδοῦ γιγνώσκεται ὁ Νεῖλος,

Answer 1

The Nile is
known as far as a voyage or journey of four months

Question 2

πάρεξ τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ῥεύματος.

Answer 2

beyond the part which flows in Egypt.

Question 3

ῥεῖ δ’ ἀφ’ ἑσπέρας

Answer 3

It flows from the west

Question 4

τε καὶ ἡλίου δυσμῶν.

Answer 4

and the setting of the sun.

Question 5

τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦδε

Answer 5

about the part after that

Question 6

οὐδεὶς ἔχει σαφῶς φράσαι·

Answer 6

no-one can speak clearly.

Question 7

ἔρημος γάρ ἐστιν ἡ χώρα αὕτη

Answer 7

for this land is desolate

Question 8

ὑπὸ καύματος.

Answer 8

because of its heat.

Question 9

ἀλλὰ τάδε μὲν ἤκουσα

Answer 9

But I have heard the following

Question 10

ἀνδρῶν Κυρηναίων

Answer 10

from some Cyrenaeans

Question 11

φαμένων

Answer 11

who said that

Question 12

ἐλθεῖν τε ἐπὶ Ἄμμωνος χρηστήριον

Answer 12

they had gone to an oracle of Ammon

Question 13

καὶ ἀφικέσθαι εἰς λόγους Ἐτεάρχῳ

Answer 13

and came to have words with Etearchos

Question 14

τῷ Ἀμμωνίων βασιλεῖ·

Answer 14

king of the Ammonians

Question 15

καί πως

Answer 15

and in some way

Question 16

ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων

Answer 16

from other conversations

Question 17

ἀφίκοντο ἐς λέσχην

Answer 17

they came to a discussion

Question 18

περὶ τοῦ Νείλου

Answer 18

concerning the Nile,

Question 19

ὡς

Answer 19

about how

Question 20

οὐδεὶς οἶδε

Answer 20

no-one knows

Question 21

τὰς πηγὰς αὐτοῦ.

Answer 21

its source.

Question 22

ὁ δὲ Ἐτέαρχος ἔφη

Answer 22

But Etearchus said that

Question 23

ἐλθεῖν ποτε παρ’ ἑαυτὸν Νασαμῶνας ἄνδρας,

Answer 23

some Nasamonians once came to his court

Question 24

οἳ,

Answer 24

who

Question 25

ἐρωτώμενοι

Answer 25

on being questioned

Question 26

εἴ τι ἔχουσι πλέον λέγειν

Answer 26

if they were able to say anymore

Question 27

περὶ τῶν ἐρήμων τῆς Λιβύης

Answer 27

about the desert places of Libya,

Question 28

ἔφασαν παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς γενέσθαι

Answer 28

said that among them had been

Question 29

ἀνδρῶν δυναστῶν παῖδας ὑβριστάς

Answer 29

some violent sons of their chief men,

Question 30

οἳ

Answer 30

who

Question 31

ἄλλα τε μηχανῷντο ἀνδρωθέντες περιττὰ

Answer 31

after they became men, contrived other excesses,

Question 32

καὶ δὴ καὶ

Answer 32

and in particular

Question 33

ἀποκληρώσειαν

Answer 33

chose by lot

Question 34

πέντε ἑαυτῶν

Answer 34

five of them

Question 35

ὀψόμενους

Answer 35

to [go and] see

Question 36

τὰ ἔρημα τῆς Λιβύης.

Answer 36

the deserted regions of Libya.