Section 2 B.b. English to Greek

Question 1

good, noble, courageous

Answer 1

ἀγαθός, ή, όν

Question 2

Athenian

Answer 2

Ἀθηναῖος, ὁ

Question 3

be at a loss; have no resources

Answer 3

ἀπορέω

Question 4

secure

Answer 4

βέβαιος, ᾱ, ον

Question 5

slowly

Answer 5

βραδέως

Question 6

win, defeat

Answer 6

νικάω

Question 7

how great!

Answer 7

ὅσος, η, ον

Question 8

fall, die

Answer 8

πίπτω

Question 9

in the end, finally

Answer 9

τέλος

Question 10

RHAPSODE “Sing, goddess, the destructive weath of Xerxes, the god-like king.”

Answer 10

ΡΑΨ. “μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Ξέρξου θείου βασιλῆος οὐλομένην.”

Question 11

So the foreigners approach the city, …

Answer 11

οἱ μὲν οὖν βάρβαροι βραδέως προσέρχονται πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, …

Question 12

… while the Athenians are at a loss and are afraid.

Answer 12

… οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἀποροῦσι καὶ φοβοῦνται.

Question 13

For the Persian army [is] large, and the Athenians few.

Answer 13

πολλὴ μὲν γὰρ ἡ τῶν Περσῶν στρατία, ὀλίγοι δὲ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι.

Question 14

Many [are] the Persian ships, but few the ships of the Athenians.

Answer 14

καὶ πολλαὶ μὲν αἱ τῶν Περσῶν νῆες, ὀλίγαι δὲ αἱ νῆες αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων.

Question 15

Great then [is] the danger of the Athenians, great their perplexity and great also their fear.

Answer 15

πολὺς μὲν οὖν ὁ τῶν Ἀθηναίων κίνδυνος, πολλὴ δὲ ἡ ἀπορία, πολὺς δὲ καὶ ὁ φόβος.

Question 16

So the Athenians sacrifice their sacrifices to the gods and pray much;

Answer 16

τὰς μὲν οὖν θυσίας τοῖς θεοῖς θύουσιν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ πολλὰ εὐχονται, …

Question 17

they go quickly into their ships and fight for their freedom.

Answer 17

εἰσβαίνουσι δὲ ταχέως εἰς τὰς ναῦς καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας μάχονται.

Question 18

For freedom [is] a good thing.

Answer 18

ἀγαθὸν γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία.

Question 19

Finally the Persians arrive and the Greeks fight.

Answer 19

τέλος δὲ ἀφικνοῦνται οἱ Πέρσαι, μάχονται δὲ οἱ Ἕλληνες.

Question 20

Great [is] the daring of the Greeks and their generals.

Answer 20

πολλὴ γὰρ ἡ τόλμα ἡ τῶν τε Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν.

Question 21

And in the sea-battle, how many are the shouts, how great the perplexities, how many the supplications to the gods!

Answer 21

καὶ ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ ὅσαι εἰσὶν αἱ βοαί, ὅσαι αἱ ἀπορίαι, ὅσαι αἱ τῶν θεῶν ἱκετεῖαι.

Question 22

Finally the Athenians defeat the Persian fleet …

Answer 22

τέλος δὲ νικῶσι μὲν τὸ τῶν Περσῶν ναυτικὸν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, …

Question 23

… and the Persians fall and they do not enslave the Athenians.

Answer 23

πίπτουσι δὲ οἱ Πέρσαι, καὶ οὐ δουλοῦνται τοὺς Ἀθηναίους.

Question 24

The Athenians free Greece and save their country through their daring.

Answer 24

καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐλευθεροῦσιν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα σῴζουσι διὰ τὴν τόλμαν.

Question 25

For courage and daring always defeat aggression and superior numbers.

Answer 25

ἡ γὰρ ἀρετὴ καὶ ἡ τόλμα τήν τε ὕβριν καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἀεὶ νικῶσιν.

Question 26

So thus the salvation of the Greeks becomes secure.

Answer 26

οὕτως οὖν βεβαία γίγνεται ἡ τῶν Ἑλλήνων σωτηρία.

Question 27

good, noble, courageous

Answer 27

ἀγαθός, ή, όν

Question 28

Athenian

Answer 28

Ἀθηναῖος, ὁ

Question 29

be at a loss; have no resources

Answer 29

ἀπορέω

Question 30

secure

Answer 30

βέβαιος, ᾱ, ον

Question 31

slowly

Answer 31

βραδέως

Question 32

win, defeat

Answer 32

νικάω

Question 33

how great!

Answer 33

ὅσος, η, ον

Question 34

fall, die

Answer 34

πίπτω

Question 35

in the end, finally

Answer 35

τέλος