Section 6 (phrases) Flashcards
μέχρι μὲν τεττάρων μηνῶν πλοῦ καὶ ὁδοῦ γιγνώσκεται ὁ Νεῖλος,
The Nile is
known as far as a voyage or journey of four months
πάρεξ τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ῥεύματος.
beyond the part which flows in Egypt.
ῥεῖ δ’ ἀφ’ ἑσπέρας
It flows from the west
τε καὶ ἡλίου δυσμῶν.
and the setting of the sun.
τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦδε
about the part after that
οὐδεὶς ἔχει σαφῶς φράσαι·
no-one can speak clearly.
ἔρημος γάρ ἐστιν ἡ χώρα αὕτη
for this land is desolate
ὑπὸ καύματος.
because of its heat.
ἀλλὰ τάδε μὲν ἤκουσα
But I have heard the following
ἀνδρῶν Κυρηναίων
from some Cyrenaeans
φαμένων
who said that
ἐλθεῖν τε ἐπὶ Ἄμμωνος χρηστήριον
they had gone to an oracle of Ammon
καὶ ἀφικέσθαι εἰς λόγους Ἐτεάρχῳ
and came to have words with Etearchos
τῷ Ἀμμωνίων βασιλεῖ·
king of the Ammonians
καί πως
and in some way
ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων
from other conversations
ἀφίκοντο ἐς λέσχην
they came to a discussion
περὶ τοῦ Νείλου
concerning the Nile,
ὡς
about how
οὐδεὶς οἶδε
no-one knows
τὰς πηγὰς αὐτοῦ.
its source.
ὁ δὲ Ἐτέαρχος ἔφη
But Etearchus said that
ἐλθεῖν ποτε παρ’ ἑαυτὸν Νασαμῶνας ἄνδρας,
some Nasamonians once came to his court
οἳ,
who
