Section 7G Greek to English

Question 1

ἀναιρέω (ἀνελ- )

Answer 1

pick up

Question 2

ἀποβαίνω (ἀποβα- )

Answer 2

leave, depart

Question 3

ἕπομαι

Answer 3

follow

Question 4

μάχη, ἡ

Answer 4

fight, battle

Question 5

μέντοι

Answer 5

however, but

Question 6

νομίζω

Answer 6

think, acknowledge

Question 7

φυλάττω

Answer 7

guard

Question 8

ὅτε δ’ οἱ Ἕλληνες εἰσπεσόντες εἰς τὰς Ἀμαζόνας ἐμάχοντο, τότε δὴ οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐνίκησαν αὐτὰς ἐν τῇ μάχῃ.

Answer 8

When the Greeks came upon the Amazons and were fighting them, they defeated them in battle.

Question 9

νικήσαντες δέ, τὰς Άμαζόνας τὰς ἐκ τῆς μάχης περιούσας ἔλαβον.

Answer 9

And having defeated them, they captured the Amazons who survived the battle.

Question 10

λαβόντες δ’ αὐτάς, ἀπῆλθον ἐν τρισὶ πλοίοις·

Answer 10

And having captured them, they went away in three ships.

Question 11

οὐ μέντοι ἀφίκοντο ἐις τὴν πατρίδα.

Answer 11

They did not, however, arrive at their native land.

Question 12

ἐν γὰρ τῇ θαλάττῃ ὄντες οὐκ ἐφύλαξαν τὰς Ἀμαζόνας.

Answer 12

For while they were on the sea they did not guard the Amazons.

Question 13

αἱ δ’ Ἀμαζόνες, ἰδοῦσαι τοὺς ἄνδρας οὐ φυλάττοντας, ἐπέκτειναν.

Answer 13

And the Amazons, seeing that the men were not guarding [them], killed [them].

Question 14

ἀλλ́ οὐκ ἔμπειροι ἦσαν περὶ τὰ ναυτικὰ αἱ Ἀμαζόνες.

Answer 14

But the Amazons were not experienced in seafaring

Question 15

ἀποκτείνασι οὖν τοὺς ἄνδρας ἔπλεον ᾗπερ ἔφερεν ὁ ἄνεμος.

Answer 15

And so, having killed the men, they sailed where the wind carried [them].

Question 16

τέλος δ’ εἰς τὴν τῶν Σκυθῶν γὴν ἀφικόμεναι καὶ ἀποβᾶσαι ἀπὸ τῶν πλοίων, ηὗρον ἱπποφόρβιον, …

Answer 16

Finally having arrived at the land of the Scythians and having disembarked from the ships, they found a herd of horses …

Question 17

καὶ τοὺς ἵππους λαβοῦσαι διήρπασαν τὴν τῶν Σκυθῶν γῆν.

Answer 17

and taking the horses they laid waste the land of the Scythians.

Question 18

οἱ δὲ Σκύθαι, οὐ γιγνώσκοντες τὴν φωνήν, καὶ ἄνδρας νομίζοντες τὰς Ἀμαζόνας, ἐμπεσόντες καὶ μαχεσάμενοι τοὺς νεκροὺς ἀνεῖλον.

Answer 18

But the Scythians, not knowing the language, and thinking the Amazons were men, attacked, and having fought a battle (lit. “having attacked and fought”) took up the corpses.

Question 19

οὕτως οὖν ἔγνωσαν γυναῖκας οὔσας, ἀνελόντες τοὺς νεκρούς.

Answer 19

Thus, then, they discovered that they were women, on taking up the corpses.

Question 20

γνόντες δὲ ταῦτα, καὶ οὐ βουλόμενοι ἀποκτείνειν ἔτι, ἀλλὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν παιδοποιεῖσθαι, τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεανίσκους ἀπέπεμψαν εἰς αὐτάς, …

Answer 20

Having discovered this, and not wanting to kill [them] any more, but to have children by them, they sent their own young men to them …

Question 21

κελεύοντες μάχεσθαι μὲν μή, ἕπεσθαι δὲ καὶ στρατοπεδεύεσθαι πλησίον τῶν Ἀμαχόνων.

Answer 21

ordering them not to fight, but to follow and make camp near the Amazons.

Question 22

πλησίον οὖν ἐλθόντες εἵποντο οἱ νεανίσκοι, καὶ ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο.

Answer 22

So, coming near, the young men followed [them] and made camp.

Question 23

καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἀπῆλθον αἱ Ἀμαζόνες, ἀπελθοῦσαι δ’ εἶδον τοὺς ἄνδρας ἑπομένους.

Answer 23

And first the Amazons went away, but on going away they saw the men following.

Question 24

αἱ μὲν οὖν Ἀμαζόνες ἐδίωκον, οἱ δ’ ἄνδρες ἔφευγον.

Answer 24

So the Amazons gave chase, and the men fled.

Question 25

ἰδοῦσαι οὖν φεύγοντας τοὺς ἄνδρας, ἡσύχαζον αἱ Ἀμαζόνες.

Answer 25

Seeing the men fleeing, the Amazons were quiet.

Question 26

οὕτως οὖν, μαθοῦσαι τοὺς ἄνδρας οὐ πολεμίους ὄντας, οὐκέτι ἐφρόντιζον αὐτῶν.

Answer 26

In this way, then, having learned that the men were not hostile, they did not worry about them any longer.

Question 27

ἀναιρέω (ἀνελ- )

Answer 27

pick up

Question 28

ἀποβαίνω (ἀποβα- )

Answer 28

leave, depart

Question 29

ἕπομαι

Answer 29

follow

Question 30

μάχη, ἡ

Answer 30

fight, battle

Question 31

μέντοι

Answer 31

however, but

Question 32

νομίζω

Answer 32

think, acknowledge

Question 33

φυλάττω

Answer 33

guard