Section 7 (phrases) Flashcards
τῆς γὰρ Λιβύης τὰ
For the parts of Libya
μὲν κατὰ τὴν βορείαν θάλασσαν
along the northern sea,
ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου ἀρξάμενοι
beginning from Egypt
μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρας
as far as the promontory of Soloeis,
ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης
which is the end of Libya,
οἰκοῦσι Λίβυες καὶ Λιβύων ἔθνη πολλὰ
the Libyans and many Libyan tribes inhabit
πλὴν ὅσον
except for as much as
Ἕλληνες καὶ Φοίνικες ἔχουσι·
the Greeks and Phoenicians possess.
τὰ δὲ καθύπερθε τούτων
But as concerns the parts farther inland than this
θηριώδης ἐστὶν ἡ Λιβύη·
Libya is full of wild beasts
τὰ δὲ καθύπερθε τῆς θηριώδους
and the parts further inland than this region full of wild beasts
ψάμμος τέ ἐστι
is sand
καὶ ἄνυδρος δεινῶς
and terribly waterless
καὶ ἔρημος πάντων.
and empty of all things.
οἱ οὖν νεάνιαι,
Therefore the young men
ὡς ἔφασαν οἱ Νασαμῶνες,
as the Nasamonians said
ἀποπεμπόμενοι
when they had been sent out
ὑπὸ τῶν ἡλίκων
by their peers,
ὑδατί τε καὶ σιτίοις εὖ ἐξηρτύμενοι
and equipped well with both water and food,
ᾖσαν πρῶτον μὲν
went first
διὰ τῆς οἰκουμένης·
through the inhabited region
ταύτην δὲ διεξελθόντες
And having passed through this
εἰς τὴν θηριώδη ἀφίκοντο,
they arrived at the region filled with wild beasts
ἐκ δὲ ταύτης
and from this
τὴν ἔρημον διέξῃσαν,
they passed through the desert region
τὴν ὁδὸν ποιούμενοι
making their way
πρὸς ζέφυρον ἄνεμον.
towards the west wind
