Section 11A Greek to English

Question 1

ἀγορεύω

Answer 1

speak (in the assembly), proclaim

Question 2

ἀγρός, ὁ

Answer 2

field, country(side)

Question 3

ἀθάνατος, ον

Answer 3

immortal

Question 4

ἀποβλέπω

Answer 4

look steadfastly at (and away from everything else)

Question 5

ἥκω

Answer 5

come, have come

Question 6

θορυβέω

Answer 6

make a disturbance, din

Question 7

κάτω

Answer 7

below

Question 8

κηρῡ́ττω

Answer 8

announce, proclaim

Question 9

ὅπως

Answer 9

how? (answer to πῶς;); how (in indirect questions)

Question 10

παρέρχομαι (παρελθ- )

Answer 10

come forward, pass by, go by

Question 11

πρύτανις, πρυτάνεως, ὁ

Answer 11

prytanis (member of the βουλή committee in currently in charge of public affairs)

Question 12

σιγάω

Answer 12

be quiet

Question 13

(Dikaiopolis has come to the Assembly on the Pnyx, determined to make peace; he is surprised to find nobody there.) ΔΙΚΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΣ ἀλλὰ τί τοῦτο;

Answer 13

DIKAIOPOLIS “But what’s this?”

Question 14

οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι κυρία ἐκκλησιά γενήσεσθαι μέλλει τήμερον.

Answer 14

“For I know that a sovereign assembly is going to be held today.”

Question 15

ἀλλ’ ἐρῆμος ἡ Πνὺξ αὑτηί. (looks down into the agora).

Answer 15

“But the Pynx here is empty.”

Question 16

οἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, πρὸς ἀλλήλους διαλεγόμενοι, ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὸ σχοινίον φεύγουσιν.

Answer 16

“The men in the agora are talking to each other as they run from the rope all over the place.”

Question 17

ὀψὲ δὲ οἱ πρυτάνεις ἥξουσιν, εὖ οἷδα.

Answer 17

“The prytaneis will come in late, I know it well.”

Question 18

ἀλλ’ ὅπως εἰρήνη ἔσται, φροτίζει οὐδείς, …

Answer 18

“But nobody thinks how peace will happen …

Question 19

… ἐγὼ δ’ ἀεὶ πρῶτος εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν εἰσιὼν καθίζω, …

Answer 19

… but I always come into the assembly and sit down first, …

Question 20

… καὶ μόνος ὤν, ἀποβλέπω εἰς τὸν ἀγρόν, εἰρήνην φιλῶν, μισῶν μὲν ἄστυ, τὸν δ’ ἐμὸν δῆμον ποθῶν.

Answer 20

… and on my own I look out to the country, loving peace but hating the city and longing for my own deme.”

Question 21

(he pauses, and looks at the entrance) ἀλλ’ οἱ πρυτάνεις γὰρ οὑτοιὶ ὀψὲ ἥκουσι.

Answer 21

“But here are the prytaneis coming in late.”

Question 22

τοῦτ’ ἐκεῖνο ὃ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον.

Answer 22

“This is precisely what I was saying.”

Question 23

(Proceedings begin; the herald invites speakers) ΚΗΡΥΞ (κηρύττει)

Answer 23

HERALD (He makes a proclamation.)

Question 24

πάριτ’ εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν.

Answer 24

“Come forward to the front.”

Question 25

πάριτ’ ἐντὸς τοῦ καθάρματος.

Answer 25

”Come forward inside the purified place.”

Question 26

(παρέρχονται εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν πάντες οἱ παρόντες.)

Answer 26

(All those present come forward to the front.)

Question 27

(παρελθόντων δὲ πάντων, ἐξαίφνης τὸν κήρυκα προσαγορεύει τις, Ἀμφίθεος ὀνόματι.)

Answer 27

(When all have come forward, suddenly someone called Amphitheos addresses the herald.)

Question 28

ΑΜΦΙΘΕΟΣ (anxiously) ἤδη τις εἶπε;

Answer 28

AMPHITHEOS “Has anyone spoken yet?”

Question 29

(ὁ μὲν Αμφίθεος μένει, ὁ δὲ κῆρυξ οὐκ ἀποκρίνεται.)

Answer 29

(Amphitheos waits, but the herald doesn’t answer.)

Question 30

(μένοντος δ’ Ἀμφιθέου, κηρύττει ἔτι.)

Answer 30

(As Amphitheos waits he continues his proclamation.)

Question 31

ΚΥΡΥΞ τίς ἀγορεύειν βούλεται;

Answer 31

HER. “Who wishes to speak?”

Question 32

ΑΜΦΙ. (αὖθις τὸν κήρυκα προσαγορεύει)

Answer 32

AMP. (Again he addresses the herald).

Question 33

ἐγώ.

Answer 33

“I do”

Question 34

ΚΥΡΥΧ τίς ὤν;

Answer 34

HER. “Who are you?”

Question 35

ΑΜΦΙ. Ἀμφίθεος.

Answer 35

AMP. “Amphitheos.”

Question 36

ΚΥΡΥΧ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος;

Answer 36

HER. “Not a man?”

Question 37

ΑΜΦΙ. οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ἀθάνατος, ὃν ἐκέλευσαν οἱ θεοὶ σπονδὰς ποιῆσαι πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους.

Answer 37

AMP. “No, but an immortal whom the gods have ordered to make a treaty with the Spartans.”

Question 38

ἀλλ’ ἀθανάτῳ ὄντι, ὦνδρες, ἐφόδια οὐκ ἔστι μοι ἃ δεῖ.

Answer 38

“But since I’m an immortal, gentlemen, I don’t have the traveling expenses which I need.”

Question 39

οὑ γὰρ διδόασιν οἱ πρυτάνεις.

Answer 39

“For the prytaneis don’t give them to me.”

Question 40

ἐλπίζω οὖν δέξεσθαι τὰ ἐφόδια —

Answer 40

“So I hope to receive the travelling expenses...”

Question 41

ΡΗΤΩΡ ΤΙΣ εὖ ἴστε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι εὔνους εἰμὶ τῷ πλήθει.

Answer 41

A SPEAKER “Know well, Athenians, that I am well disposed to the people.”

Question 42

μὴ οὖν ἀκούετε τούτου, εἰ μὴ περὶ πολέμος λέγοντος.

Answer 42

“So don’t listen to this man unless he speaks about the war.”

Question 43

(ἐπαινοῦσι καὶ θορυβοῦσιν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι.)

Answer 43

(The Athenians praise this and raise a clamor.)

Question 44

ΚΥΡΥΞ οἱ τοξόται.

Answer 44

HER. “Archers!”

Question 45

(εἰσελθόντες οἱ τοξόται τὸν Ἀμφίθεον ἀπάγουσιν.)

Answer 45

(The archers come in and lead off Amphitheos.)

Question 46

(ἀπαγόντων δὲ αὐτῶν, ὀργίζεται Δικαιόπολις.)

Answer 46

(As they are leading him off, Dikaiopolis becomes angry.)

Question 47

ΔΙΚ. ὧνδρες πρυτάνεις, ἀδικεῖτε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, τὸν ἄνδρα ἀπάγοντες ὅστις ἡμῖν ἔμελλε σπονδὰς ποιήσειν.

Answer 47

DIK. “Prytaneis, you wrong the assembly by leading off the man who was going to make a treaty for us.”

Question 48

ΚΗΡΥΞ κάθιζε, σίγα.

Answer 48

HER. “Shut up and sit down.”

Question 49

ΔΙΚ. μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω, ἐγὼ μὲν οὔ, ἀλλὰ περὶ εἰρήνης χρηματίσατε.

Answer 49

DIK. “By Apollo, I won’t, but you do business about peace.”

Question 50

ΚΗΡΥΞ οἱ πρέσβεις οἱ παρὰ βασιλέως.

Answer 50

HER. “The ambassadors from the king.”

Question 51

ἀγορεύω

Answer 51

speak (in the assembly), proclaim

Question 52

ἀγρός, ὁ

Answer 52

field, country(side)

Question 53

ἀθάνατος, ον

Answer 53

immortal

Question 54

ἀποβλέπω

Answer 54

look steadfastly at (and away from everything else)

Question 55

ἥκω

Answer 55

come, have come

Question 56

θορυβέω

Answer 56

make a disturbance, din

Question 57

κάτω

Answer 57

below

Question 58

κηρῡ́ττω

Answer 58

announce, proclaim

Question 59

ὅπως

Answer 59

how? (answer to πῶς;); how (in indirect questions)

Question 60

παρέρχομαι (παρελθ- )

Answer 60

come forward, pass by, go by

Question 61

πρύτανις, πρυτάνεως, ὁ

Answer 61

prytanis (member of the βουλή committee in currently in charge of public affairs)

Question 62

σιγάω

Answer 62

be quiet