Section 3C a Greek to English

Question 1

ἀλλήλους

Answer 1

each other, one another

Question 2

ἄλλος, η, ο

Answer 2

other, the rest of

Question 3

ἐγγύς (+ gen.)

Answer 3

near, nearby (+ gen.)

Question 4

εἰπέ

Answer 4

speak! tell me!

Question 5

ἐπειδή

Answer 5

when, since, because

Question 6

κατά (+ acc.)

Answer 6

in, on, by, according to (+ acc.)

Question 7

Λακεδαιμόνιος, ὁ

Answer 7

Spartan

Question 8

λαμβάνω

Answer 8

take, capture

Question 9

λόγος, ὁ

Answer 9

word, speech; story, tale

Question 10

μανθάνω

Answer 10

learn, understand

Question 11

ναυτικός, ή, όν

Answer 11

naval

Question 12

οὐδέ

Answer 12

and not, not even

Question 13

τέχνη, ἡ

Answer 13

skill, art, expertise

Question 14

(ἐν δὲ τούτῳ ὅ τε Δικαιόπολις καὶ οἱ ναῦται ἔτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους διαλέγονται.)

Answer 14

(Meanwhile Dikaiopolis and the sailors are still talking to each other.)

Question 15

ΔΙΚ. ὦ Ζεῦ. δεινὸς γὰρ ὁ ἐν Σαλαμῖνι κίνδυνος ἡμῖν καὶ μέγας.

Answer 15

DIKAIOPOLIS O Zeus! Terrible is the danger in Salamis and great.

Question 16

ἰδού, ὦ ῥαψῳδέ· ἀλλὰ ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ανήρ;

Answer 16

Look rhapsode: but where is the man?

Question 17

οὐ γὰρ ὁρῶ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἄνδρα.

Answer 17

For I cannot see the man.

Question 18

ΝΑΥ. ἰδού, “πτώσει” οὗτος ὁ ῥαψῳδὸς ἐν τῇ νηί, “ὥσπερ Ἀχαιὸς ὑφ’ Ἕκτορι.”

Answer 18

SAILOR Look, this rhapsode “is cowering” in the ship “like an Achaean at Hector’s mercy.”

Question 19

φοβεῖται γὰρ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους.

Answer 19

He’s afraid of the Spartans.

Question 20

ΔΙΚ. εἰπέ μοι, ὦ ῥαψῳδέ, τί ποιεῖς;

Answer 20

DIK. Tell me, rhapsode, what are you doing?

Question 21

τίς φόβος λαμβάνει σε;

Answer 21

What fear takes hold of you?

Question 22

σὺ γὰρ στρατηγὸς εἶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἄριστος.

Answer 22

For you are the best general of the Greeks.

Question 23

μὴ ποίει τοῦτο μηδὲ φοβοῦ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους τούτους.

Answer 23

Don’t do this and don’t be afraid of these Spartans.

Question 24

ἰδού, ἐγγὺς τοῦ λιμένος ἐσμὲν ἤδη.

Answer 24

Look, we are already near the harbor.

Question 25

μὴ οὖν φοβοῦ.

Answer 25

So don’t be afraid.

Question 26

ΡΑΨ. (still shaking with fear) τί φής; ἆρα ἀφικνοῦνται οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι;

Answer 26

RHAPSODE What are you saying? Are the Spartans arriving?

Question 27

φοβοῦμαι γὰρ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἔγωγε.

Answer 27

I am afraid of the Spartans, I am.

Question 28

τοὺς γὰρ ναύτας λαμβάνουσιν ἐκεῖνοι καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν.

Answer 28

For those men take sailors and kill them.

Question 29

ΝΑΥ. ἀλλὰ οὐδεμία ναῦς ἔρχεται, ὦ τᾶν, καὶ δῆλον ὅτι οὐκ ἀφικνεῖται Λακεδαιμόνιος οὐδείς, οὐδὲ λαμβάνει οὐδένα, οὐδὲ ἀποκτείνει οὔτε ἡμᾶς οὔτε ὑμᾶς.

Answer 29

SAILOR But no ship is arriving, my friend, and it is clear that not one of the Spartans is arriving, nor taking anybody, nor killing us or you (pl.)

Question 30

σὺ δὲ οὐ μιμνήσκῃ τοὺς τοῦ Περικλέους λογους;

Answer 30

Do you not remember the words of Pericles?

Question 31

ΡΑΨ. τίνες οἱ λόγοι; λέγε μοι· οὐ γὰρ μιμνήσκομαι.

Answer 31

RHAP. What are the words? Tell me: for I do not remember.

Question 32

ΝΑΥ. ἄκουε οὖν τί λέγει ὁ Περικλῆς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ περὶ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τῶν ναυτικῶν·

Answer 32

SAILOR Listen then to what Pericles says in the ecclesia (assembly) about war and about nautical matters:

Question 33

“μὴ φοβεῖσθε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους.

Answer 33

“Do not be afraid, Athenians, of the Spartans.

Question 34

ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ κρατοῦσι κατὰ γὴν, ἡμεῖς δὲ κατὰ θάλατταν.

Answer 34

For those men have supremacy on land, we [have supremacy] at sea.

Question 35

ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἔχομεν ἐμπειρίαν τινὰ κατὰ γῆν, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐδεμίαν ἔχουσιν εἰς τὰ ναυτικὰ ἐμπειρίαν.

Answer 35

But we too have some experience on land, while they have no experience in nautical matters.

Question 36

καὶ δὴ καὶ οὐ ῥᾳδίως μανθάνουσιν οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὰ ναυτικά, εὖ οἶδα ὅτι, …

Answer 36

And moreover, the Spartans to not easily learn nautical matters, I know that well,

Question 37

ἐπειδὴ γεωργοί εἰσι καὶ οὐ θαλάττιοι.

Answer 37

since they are farmers and not seafarers.

Question 38

τὸ δὲ ναυτικὸν τέχνη ἐστί·

Answer 38

Nautical [expertise] is a skill:

Question 39

καὶ ταύτην μανθάνουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι διὰ τὴν μελετήν, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰς ἄλλας τέχνας, ἄλλως δε οὐδαμῶς.

Answer 39

and this ‘skill’ men learn through practice, as they do other skills, and no other way.

Question 40

ὑμεῖς γὰρ δὴ εὖ ἴστε ὅτι οὐ ῥᾳδίως, ἀλλὰ χαλεπῶς καὶ μετὰ πολλῆς μελετῆς, μανθάνετε ταύτην τὴν τέχνην.

Answer 40

For you know well that not easily, but with difficulty and much practice, do you learn this skill.

Question 41

— ‘αλλὰ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι’ — φησί τίς ὑμῶν — ‘ἆρα οὐ μελετῶσιν;’

Answer 41

‘But the Spartans,’ one of you says, ‘do they not practice?’

Question 42

— ἐγὼ δε ἀποκρίνομαι ‘οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ἡμεῖς, ἐπειδὴ κρατοῦμεν κατὰ θάλατταν, κωλύομεν.’”

Answer 42

I reply, ‘NO, but we, since we have supremacy at sea, are preventing them.’”

Question 43

ΔΙΚ. (comfortingly) καὶ μὴν ὁρᾶτε τὸν λιμένα.

Answer 43

DIK. And now see the harbor!

Question 44

ὅσαι αἱ λαμπάδες, ὅσαι αἱ νῆες, ὅσος ὁ θόρυβος, ὅσοι οἱ ἄνδρες.

Answer 44

How many torches [there are], how many warships, how much confusion, how many men!

Question 45

ἰδού· ὥσπερ γὰρ μύρμηκες, οὕτω συνέρχονται ἐκεῖνοι οἱ ναῦται εἰς τὸν λιμένα.

Answer 45

Look! Like ants, those sailors are swarming into the harbor.

Question 46

μέγα γὰρ ἡμῖν τὸ πλῆθος τὸ τῶν τε νεῶν καὶ τῶν τριηράρχων.

Answer 46

Great is the number both of men and of trierarchs.

Question 47

ἀλλήλους

Answer 47

each other, one another

Question 48

ἄλλος, η, ο

Answer 48

other, the rest of

Question 49

ἐγγύς (+ gen.)

Answer 49

near, nearby (+ gen.)

Question 50

εἰπέ

Answer 50

speak! tell me!

Question 51

ἐπειδή

Answer 51

when, since, because

Question 52

κατά (+ acc.)

Answer 52

in, on, by, according to (+ acc.)

Question 53

Λακεδαιμόνιος, ὁ

Answer 53

Spartan

Question 54

λαμβάνω

Answer 54

take, capture

Question 55

λόγος, ὁ

Answer 55

word, speech; story, tale

Question 56

μανθάνω

Answer 56

learn, understand

Question 57

ναυτικός, ή, όν

Answer 57

naval

Question 58

οὐδέ

Answer 58

and not, not even

Question 59

τέχνη, ἡ

Answer 59

skill, art, expertise