Section 4A English to Greek Flashcards
(49 cards)
farmer
γεωργός, ὁ
woman, wife
γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ
god, daimon
δαίμων, δαίμονος, ὁ
still, now
ἔτι καὶ νῦν
hold sway, hold power (over)
κρατέω
by …! (+ acc.)
νή (+ acc.)
small, few
ὀλίγος, η, ον.
RHAPSODE Heracles! What a lot of people!
ΡΑΨ. ὦ Ἡράκλεις. ὅσον ἀνθρώπων πλῆθος.
The walls seem full.
πλέα γὰρ φαίνεται τὰ τείχη.
Why has the city such a great crowd, Dikaiopolis?
διὰ τί τοσοῦτον πλῆθος ἔχει ἡ πόλις, ὦ Δικαιόπολι;
Alas! What’s this?
οἴμοι, τό τοῦτο;
I see funeral pyres.
πυράς τινας ὁρῶ.
Tell me, by the gods, what’s the reason?
εἰπέ μοι, πρὸς τῶν θεῶν, τίς ἡ αἰτία;
Indeed it is clear that some evil god is punishing the city.
ἦ που δῆλον ὅτι δαίμων τις κακὸς κολάζει τὴν πόλιν.
DIKAIOPOLIS The city is indeed unfortunate, rhapsode …
ΔΙΚ. κακοδαίμων νὴ Δία ἡ πόλις ἐστίν, ὦ ῥαψῳδε, …
the crowd is unfortunate …
… κακόδαιμων δὲ τὸ πλῆθος, …
and the farmers in particular are unfortunate.
… κακοδαίμονες δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ μάλιστα.
The war is primarily responsible, and then also Pericles.
αἴτιος δὲ πρῶτον μὲν ὁ πόλεμος, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ὁ Περικλῆς.
RHAP. But Pericles [is] a very good general.
ΡΑΨ. ἀλλὰ στρατηγὸς ἄριστος ὁ Περικλῆς.
for the sailor —
ὁ γὰρ ναύτης —
DIK. But it is clear that that man likes Pericles because he’s a sailor.
ΔΙΚ. ἀλλὰ δῆλον ἐστιν ὅτι φιλεῖ τὸν Περικλέα ἐκεῖνος, ναύτης ὤν.
But I’m not a sailor but a farmer.
ἐγὼ δὲ ναύτης οὔκ εἰμι, ἀλλὰ γεωργός.
Since I’m a farmer, I think Pericles [is] responsible.
καὶ γεωργὸς ὢν Περικλέα αἴτιον νομίζω.
For he says: “We have supremacy at sea, but the Spartans [have supremacy] on land.
φησὶ γάρ — “ἡμεῖς μὲν κρατοῦμεν κατὰ θάλατταν, Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ κατὰ γῆν.”