Part 8 Flashcards
1
Q
ἦ γὰρ ἔμελλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀιζυῖ
A
- for truly I was still about to meet with much misery
2
Q
πολλῇ, τήν μοι ἐπῶρσε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων,
A
- , which Poseidon, the earth-shaker, roused for me
3
Q
ὅς μοι ἐφορμήσας ἀνέμους κατέδησε κέλευθον,
A
- who, having stirred up the winds against me, hindered my course,
4
Q
ὤρινεν δὲ θάλασσαν ἀθέσφατον, οὐδέ τι κῦμα
A
- and he roused the inexpressibly awful sea, not at all did the wave
5
Q
εἴα ἐπὶ σχεδίης ἁδινὰ στενάχοντα φέρεσθαι.
A
- let me be borne on my raft, as I groaned loudly.
6
Q
τὴν μὲν ἔπειτα θύελλα διεσκέδασ᾽: αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε
A
- Then the storm shattered [(scattered)] my raft: but I at any rate
7
Q
νηχόμενος τόδε λαῖτμα διέτμαγον, ὄφρα με γαίῃ
A
- by swimming cut through this gulf, until
8
Q
ὑμετέρῃ ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕδωρ.
A
- the wind and the water, bearing [me along], brought me to your land.
9
Q
ἔνθα κέ μ᾽ ἐκβαίνοντα βιήσατο κῦμ᾽ ἐπὶ χέρσου,
A
- There the wave would have forced me onto dry land if I had tried to come ashore
10
Q
πέτρῃς πρὸς μεγάλῃσι βαλὸν καὶ ἀτερπέι χώρῳ:
A
- throwing me upon a great rock and in a joyless place:
