Section 2 C.a. Greek to English

Question 1

ἅμα

Answer 1

at the same time

Question 2

αὖθις

Answer 2

again

Question 3

βάρβαρος, ὁ

Answer 3

barbarian, foreigner

Question 4

ἐμός, ή, όν

Answer 4

my; mine

Question 5

ἡσυχάζω

Answer 5

be quiet, keep quiet

Question 6

κάλλιστος, η, ον

Answer 6

most (very) beautiful (fine, good)

Question 7

λόγος, ὁ

Answer 7

story, tale

Question 8

πότερον … ἤ

Answer 8

whether … or

Question 9

σιωπάω

Answer 9

be silent

Question 10

σκοπέω

Answer 10

look (at), consider

Question 11

ψευδῶς

Answer 11

falsely

Question 12

σιωπᾷ ὁ ῥαψῳδός.

Answer 12

The rhapsode is silent.

Question 13

ὁ δὲ κυβερνήτης λέγει ὅτι οὐδὲν λέγει ὁ ῥαψωδός.

Answer 13

The captain says the the rhapsode is speaking rubbish.

Question 14

ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ὁ κυβερνήτης λέγει τὰ περὶ Σαλαμῖνα πράγματα.

Answer 14

Then the captain also relates the events at Salamis.

Question 15

ΚΥΒ. οὖδεν λέγεις, ὦ φίλε, καὶ οὐκ οἶσθα οὐδέν.

Answer 15

CAPTAIN You are talking rubbish, friend, and you don’t know anything.

Question 16

οὔκουν κάλλιστον τὸν λόγον ποιεῖς.

Answer 16

So you do not make your story very fine.

Question 17

ΡΑΨ. τί φής; διὰ τί οὐ κάλλιστον ποιῶ τὸν λόγον;

Answer 17

RHAPSODE What are you saying? In what way am I not making my story very fine?

Question 18

ΚΨΒ. σκόπει δή.

Answer 18

CAPTAIN Consider.

Question 19

ἡμεῖς μὲν γὰρ τὰ ἀληθῆ ζητοῦμεν, σὺ δὲ ψευδῆ λέγεις.

Answer 19

We are looking for the for truth, and you are telling us falsehoods.

Question 20

ΡΑΨ. σὺ δὲ πῶς οἶσθα πότερον τὰ ἀληθῆ λέγω ἢ ψευδῆ;

Answer 20

RHAPSODE But how do you know whether I am telling the truth or falsehoods?

Question 21

ΚΥΒ. ἄκουε, ὦ φίλε.

Answer 21

CAPTAIN Listen, friend.

Question 22

ὁ γὰρ πάππος ὁ ἐμὸς Σαλαμινομάχης, καὶ πολλάκις τὰ περὶ Σαλαμῖνα πράγματα ἀληθῶς μοι λέγει, ἀλλὰ οὐχ ὥσπερ σύ, ψευδῶς.

Answer 22

My grandfather is a Salamis-fighter and he often tells me the events at Salamis truly, but not falsely, like you.

Question 23

σὺ μὲν γὰρ ἴσως καλόν τινα λόγον ἡμῖν λέγεις, ὁ δὲ πάππος τὰ πράγματα.

Answer 23

For you perhaps tell us a fine story, but my grandfather [tells] the facts.

Question 24

ἡσυχίαν οὖν ἔχετε, καὶ ἀκούετε αὖθις, ὦ ναῦται, τὰ καλὰ ἔργα τῶν Ἑλλήνων.

Answer 24

Be quiet then, and hear again, sailors, the fine deeds of the Greeks.

Question 25

ὧδε γὰρ τὰ πράγματα τὰ περὶ Σαλαμῖνα λέγει ὁ πάππος.

Answer 25

For my grandfather tells the events at Salamis as follows.

Question 26

(ἡσυχίαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ναῦται)

Answer 26

(The sailors settle down.)

Question 27

ἀφικνεῖται μὲν γὰρ τὸ τῶν Περσῶν ναυτικόν, καὶ ἐγγὺς Σαλαμῖνος μένει, ...

Answer 27

The Persian fleet arrives, and stays near Salamis, ...

Question 28

... ἡμεῖς δὲ οἱ Ἕλληνες ἡσυχίαν ἔχομεν.

Answer 28

... while we Greeks keep quiet.

Question 29

ἐπειδὴ δὲ νύξ γίγνεται, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα πλέουσι βραδέως αἱ τῶν Περσῶν νῆες.

Answer 29

When night comes, the Persian ships sail slowly this way and that.

Question 30

ἀλλὰ ἅμα ἕῳ βοή τις γίγνεται, καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἡ σάλπιγξ ἠχεῖ ἐκ τῶν πέτρων, φόβος ἅμα γίγνεται ἐν τοῖς βαρβάροις.

Answer 30

But at dawn a shout arises (occurs), and when the trumpet echoes from the rocks, fear develops (occurs) at the same time in the foreigners.

Question 31

ἀκούουσι γὰρ ἤδη σαφῶς τὴν βοην·

Answer 31

For they now clearly hear the shout:

Question 32

“ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων ἴτε, ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ’, ...

Answer 32

“O Children of the Greeks, go! Free your country, ...

Question 33

... ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ / παιδὰς, γυναῖκας·

Answer 33

... free your children, your wives!

Question 34

νῦν ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀγῶν.”

Answer 34

Now [is] the struggle for everything!

Question 35

ἅμα

Answer 35

at the same time

Question 36

αὖθις

Answer 36

again

Question 37

βάρβαρος, ὁ

Answer 37

barbarian, foreigner

Question 38

ἐμός, ή, όν

Answer 38

my; mine

Question 39

ἡσυχάζω

Answer 39

be quiet, keep quiet

Question 40

κάλλιστος, η, ον

Answer 40

most (very) beautiful (fine, good)

Question 41

λόγος, ὁ

Answer 41

story, tale

Question 42

πότερον ... ἤ

Answer 42

whether ... or

Question 43

σιωπάω

Answer 43

be silent

Question 44

σκοπέω

Answer 44

look (at), consider

Question 45

ψευδῶς

Answer 45

falsely