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Question 1

οἵη δ᾽ Ἄρτεμις εἶσι κατ᾽ οὔρεα ἰοχέαιρα,
ἢ κατὰ Τηΰγετον περιμήκετον ἢ Ἐρύμανθον,
τερπομένη κάπροισι καὶ ὠκείῃς ἐλάφοισι:
τῇ δέ θ᾽ ἅμα νύμφαι, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο,
ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι, γέγηθε δέ τε φρένα Λητώ:
πασάων δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἥ γε κάρη ἔχει ἠδὲ μέτωπα,
ῥεῖά τ᾽ ἀριγνώτη πέλεται, καλαὶ δέ τε πᾶσαι:
ὣς ἥ γ᾽ ἀμφιπόλοισι μετέπρεπε παρθένος ἀδμής.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλε πάλιν οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι
ζεύξασ᾽ ἡμιόνους πτύξασά τε εἵματα καλά,

Answer 1

Just like arrow-shooting Artemis goes through the mountains, either along very long Taygetus or Erymanthus, delighting in wild boar and swift deer; and along with her go the nymphs, the girls of aegis-bearing Zeus; they play wildly, and Leto rejoices in her heart. And she has her head and forehead above them all, and she stands out as easily recognisable, but they are all beautiful; just so was she, the unwedded maiden, distinguished amongst her attendants. But when she was intending to go back home again, having yoked the mules and folded the fine clothes, […]

Question 2

οἵη δ᾽ Ἄρτεμις εἶσι κατ᾽ οὔρεα ἰοχέαιρα,
ἢ κατὰ Τηΰγετον περιμήκετον ἢ Ἐρύμανθον,
τερπομένη κάπροισι καὶ ὠκείῃς ἐλάφοισι:

Answer 2

Just like arrow-shooting Artemis goes through the mountains, either along very long Taygetus or Erymanthus, delighting in wild boar and swift deer;

Question 3

τῇ δέ θ᾽ ἅμα νύμφαι, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο,

Answer 3

and along with her go the nymphs, the girls of aegis-bearing Zeus;

Question 4

ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι, γέγηθε δέ τε φρένα Λητώ:

Answer 4

they play wildly, and Leto rejoices in her heart.

Question 5

πασάων δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἥ γε κάρη ἔχει ἠδὲ μέτωπα,

ῥεῖά τ᾽ ἀριγνώτη πέλεται, καλαὶ δέ τε πᾶσαι:

Answer 5

And she has her head and forehead above them all, and she stands out as easily recognisable, but they are all beautiful;

Question 6

ὣς ἥ γ᾽ ἀμφιπόλοισι μετέπρεπε παρθένος ἀδμής.

Answer 6

just so was she, the unwedded maiden, distinguished amongst her attendants.

Question 7

ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλε πάλιν οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι

ζεύξασ᾽ ἡμιόνους πτύξασά τε εἵματα καλά,

Answer 7

But when she was intending to go back home again, having yoked the mules and folded the fine clothes, […]