Section 7 (sentences)

Question 1

τῆς γὰρ Λιβύης τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν βορείαν θάλασσαν,

Answer 1

For the parts of Libya along the northern sea,

Question 2

ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου ἀρξάμενοι μέχρι Σολόεντος ἄκρας, ἣ τελευτᾷ τῆς Λιβύης,

Answer 2

beginning from Egypt as far as the promontory of Soloeis, which is the end of Libya,

Question 3

οἰκοῦσι Λίβυες καὶ Λιβύων ἔθνη πολλὰ πλὴν ὅσον Ἕλληνες καὶ Φοίνικες ἔχουσι·

Answer 3

the Libyans and many Libyan tribes inhabit except for as much as the Greeks and Phoenicians possess.

Question 4

τὰ δὲ καθύπερθε τούτων θηριώδης ἐστὶν ἡ Λιβύη·

Answer 4

But as concerns the parts farther inland than this Libya is full of wild beasts

Question 5

τὰ δὲ καθύπερθε τῆς θηριώδους ψάμμος τέ ἐστι καὶ ἄνυδρος δεινῶς καὶ ἔρημος πάντων.

Answer 5

and the parts further inland than this region full of wild beasts is sand and terribly waterless and empty of all things.

Question 6

οἱ οὖν νεάνιαι, ὡς ἔφασαν οἱ Νασαμῶνες, ἀποπεμπόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἡλίκων,

Answer 6

Therefore the young men, as the Nasamonians said, when they had been sent out by their peers,

Question 7

ὑδατί τε καὶ σιτίοις εὖ ἐξηρτύμενοι ᾖσαν πρῶτον μὲν διὰ τῆς οἰκουμένης·

Answer 7

and equipped well with both water and food, went first through the inhabited region,

Question 8

ταύτην δὲ διεξελθόντες εἰς τὴν θηριώδη ἀφίκοντο,

Answer 8

And having passed through this they arrived at the region filled with wild beasts

Question 9

ἐκ δὲ ταύτης τὴν ἔρημον διέξῃσαν, τὴν ὁδὸν ποιούμενοι πρὸς ζέφυρον ἄνεμον.

Answer 9

and from this they passed through the desert region making their way towards the west wind