Section 6B English to Greek Flashcards
impossible
ἀδύνατος, ον
Athens
Ἀθῆναι, αἱ
deme; the people
δῆμος, ὁ
wonder at, be amazed at
θαυμάζω
where? where
ὅπου
sky, heavens
οὐρανός, ὁ
believe, trust, obey
πείθομαι
STREPSIADES Heracles! What are these monsters?
ΣΤΡΕΨ. ὦ Ἡράκλεις, τίνα ταῦτα τὰ θηρία;
STUDENT Hey you! Why were you amazed?
ΜΑΘ. οὗτος, διὰ τί ἐθαύμασας;
Why did you yell again?
διὰ τί αὖθις ἐβόησας;
Are you amazed at these students?
ἆρα τοὺς μαθητὰς τούτους θαυμάζεις;
STR. Yes by, Zeus, I amazed.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. ναὶ μὰ Δία θαυμάζω.
But are these ones doing, who are looking into the ground?
ἀλλὰ τί ποιοῦσιν οὗτοι οἱ εἰς τὴν γῆν βλέποντες;
STU. They are investigating subterranean phenomena.
ΜΑΘ. ζητοῦσιν οὗτοι τὰ κατὰ γῆς.
STR. Then they are looking for truffles.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. βολβοὺς ἄρα ζήτοῦσι.
Don’t worry about it any more, monsters:
μὴ νῦν τοῦτό γ’ ἔτι φροντίζετε, ὦ θηρία·
I know where there are some lovely big ones.
ἐγὼ γὰρ οἶδα ὅπου εἰσὶ μεγάλοι καὶ καλοί.
But who’s this here?
ἀλλὰ τίς οὑτοσί;
Why is his bottom looking towards the sky?
διὰ τί ὁ πρωκτὸς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν βλέπει;
STU. Because his bottom is studying astronomy.
ΜΑΘ. διότι ἀστρονομεῖ ὁ πρωκτός.
STR. Look! What’s this?
ΣΤΡΕΨ. (points to one of the strange devices) ἰδού· τί δ’ ἐστὶ τοῦτο;
Tell me (lit. “teach me”)
δίδασκέ με.
STU. This is astronomy.
ΜΑΘ. ἀστρονομία μὲν αὕτη.
STR. And what’s this?
ΣΤΡΕΨ. (points to another device) τοῦτο δὲ τί;
STU. Geometry.
ΜΑΘ. γεωμετρία.
STR. And what use is this?
ΣΤΕΨ. καὶ εἰς τί χρήσιμον αὕτη;
Teach me.
δίδσκε.
STU. With this we measure the land.
ΜΑΘ. ταύτῃ τὴν γῆν ἀναμετροῦμεν.
This is a map of the world.
(picks up a map) αὕτη δ’ ἐστὶ γῆς περίοδος.
Do you see?
(points at the map) ὁρᾷς;
This is Athens.
αὗται μὲν Ἀθῆναι.
STR. What are you saying?
ΣΤΡΕΨ. (in disbelief) τί σὺ λέγεις;
I don’t believe [you], since I don’t see any one of the jurors sitting.
οὐ πείθομαι, ἐπεὶ τῶν δικαστῶν οὐχ ὁρῶ οὐδὲ ἕνα καθιζόμενον.
And where is my deme?
ποῦ δ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ ἐμὸς δῆμος;
STU. It’s here.
ΜΑΘ. (points at the map) ἐνταῦθα ἔνεστιν.
Do you see Euboea?
τὴν δ’ Εὔβοιαν ὁρᾷς;
STR. I see [it]. But where does Sparta happen to be?
ΣΤΡΕΨ. ὁρῶ. ἀλλ’ ἡ Λακεδαίμων ποῦ τυγχάνει οὖσα;
STU. Where? Here.
ΜΑΘ. ὅπου; αὕτη.
STR. Alas! Go away, go away!
ΣΤΡΕΨ. (taken aback) παπαῖ. ἄπελθε, ἄπελθε.
How near us Sparta is.
ὡς ἐγγὺς ἡμῶν ἡ Λακεδαίμων.
But why don’t you drag this away from us a very long way?
ἀλλὰ διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπάγεις ταύτην ἀφ’ ἡμῶν πόρρω πάνυ;
STU. But that’s impossible.
ΜΑΘ. ἀλλ’ ἀδύνατον.
STR. By Zeus, you’ll regret it then.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. νὴ Δία ὀλοφυρεῖσθ’ ἄρα.
But tell me, who’s this in the basket?
(he looks up and sees Socrates hanging in a basket) ἀλλ’ εἰπέ μοι, τίς οὗτος ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κρεμάθρας ὤν;
STU. Himself.
ΜΑΘ. αὐτός.
STR. Who’s Himself?
ΣΤΡΕΨ. τίς αὐτός;
STU. Socrates.
ΜΑΘ. Σωκράτης.
impossible
ἀδύνατος, ον
Athens
Ἀθῆναι, αἱ
deme; the people
δῆμος, ὁ
wonder at, be amazed at
θαυμάζω
where? where
ὅπου
sky, heavens
οὐρανός, ὁ
believe, trust, obey
πείθομαι
