Section 4B Greek to English

Question 1

ἀτιμάζω

Answer 1

dishonor; hold in dishonor

Question 2

δεσπότης, ὁ

Answer 2

master

Question 3

διαφθείρω

Answer 3

destroy, kill

Question 4

θεός, ὁ, ἡ

Answer 4

god (goddess)

Question 5

θνητός, ή, όν

Answer 5

mortal

Question 6

κωλύω

Answer 6

prevent, stop

Question 7

μάλιστα

Answer 7

especially; particularly; yes

Question 8

νεκρός, ὁ

Answer 8

corpse

Question 9

νόμος, ὁ

Answer 9

law; convention

Question 10

νόσος, ὁ

Answer 10

plague, disease

Question 11

πυρά, ἡ

Answer 11

funeral pyre

Question 12

τῑμάω

Answer 12

honor (noun)

Question 13

τύπτω

Answer 13

strike, hit

Question 14

φέρω

Answer 14

carry, bear

Question 15

φόβος, ὁ

Answer 15

fear (noun)

Question 16

ΝΕΑΝΙΑΣ ἰδιου, πυρά. δεὖρ’ ἐλθέ, ὦ παῖ, ταχέως.

Answer 16

YOUNG MAN Look, a pyre. Come here, boy, quickly!

Question 17

ΔΟΥΛΟΣ μένε, ὦ δέσποτα, μένε καὶ μὴ σπεῦδε.

Answer 17

SLAVE Wait, master, wait and don’t hurry.

Question 18

βαρὺς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νεκρὸς οὗτος, βαρὺν δ’ ὄντα βραδέως δὴ φέρω ἔγωγε.

Answer 18

For this corpse is heavy, and as it’s heavy, I’m carrying it slowly.

Question 19

ΔΙΚ. (overhearing) τί φῇς; νεκρόν τινα φέρεις;

Answer 19

DIKAIOPOLIS What are you saying? Are you carrying a corpse?

Question 20

ΝΕΑΝ. (ignoring Dikaiopolis) ἄγε νυν, ὦ παῖ, ἐπίβαλλε τὸν νεκρὸν ἐπὶ τὴν πυρὰν ταύτην.

Answer 20

Y.M. Come on, boy, throw the corpse onto the pyre.

Question 21

ΔΙΚ. (shocked, comes forward) ἀλλὰ τί ποιεῖτε;

Answer 21

DIK. But what are you doing?

Question 22

μὴ ποιεῖτε τοῦτο, πρὸς θεῶν. παύεσθε.

Answer 22

Don’t do this, by the gods. Stop!

Question 23

ΝΕΑΝ. (turns angrily on Dikaiopolis and hits him) μὴ κώλυε, ὦ ’νθρωπε.

Answer 23

Y.M. Don’t get in my way, fellow.

Question 24

ΔΙΚ. ὦ μίαρε, τύπτεις ἐμὲ πολίτην ὄντα;

Answer 24

DIK. Foul [man]! Are you hitting me, a citizen?

Question 25

ὢ τῆς ὕβρεως. μὴ τύπτε.

Answer 25

What aggressive behavior! Don’t hit [me].

Question 26

ΓΕΡΩΝ (comes out of his shack) τί τὸ πρᾶγμα;

Answer 26

OLD MAN What’s this?

Question 27

τίνες αἱ βοαί;

Answer 27

What are these shouts?

Question 28

οὗτος, τί ποιεῖς;

Answer 28

You there, what are you doing?

Question 29

τύπτεις πολίτην;

Answer 29

Are you hitting a citizen?

Question 30

ὢ τῆς ἀνομίας. παῦε.

Answer 30

What lawlessness! stop!

Question 31

οἴμοι, τί τοῦτο;

Answer 31

Alas, what’s this?

Question 32

νεκρὸν ἐπιβάλλεις ἐπ’ ἐκείνην τὴν πυράν;

Answer 32

Are you throwing a corpse onto the pyre?

Question 33

ὢ τῆς ἀσεβείας. παῦε —

Answer 33

What irreverence! stop!

Question 34

ΝΕΑΝ. (threateningly) μὴ κώλυε, ὦ γέρον.

Answer 34

Y.M. Don’t get in my way, old man.

Question 35

ΓΕΡ. ἀλλὰ θάπτω τήμερον τὸν ἐμὸν υἱόν, καὶ ἐμὴ ἡ πυρά.

Answer 35

O.M. But today I am burying my son, and it is my pyre.

Question 36

ΝΕΑΝ. οὐ φροντίζω ἔγωγε.

Answer 36

Y. M. I myself don’t care.

Question 37

ΓΕΡ. ἆρ’ οὐ σέβῃ τοὺς θεούς;

Answer 37

O. M. Do you not reverence the gods?

Question 38

ἆρ’ οὐ τιμᾷς τοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων νόμους;

Answer 38

Do you not honor the laws of man?

Question 39

ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν κωλύει σε, οὔτε θεῶν φ́οβος οὔτε ἀνθρώπων νόμος;

Answer 39

Does nothing stop you, neither fear of the gods nor the laws of men?

Question 40

ΝΕΑΝ. τί φής;

Answer 40

Y. M. What are you saying?

Question 41

νεκροὶ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς πίπτουσιν, ἀποθνῄσκουσι τ’ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ὥσπερ πρόβατα ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς.

Answer 41

Corpses are falling upon corpses, men are dying like flies in their homes and in the temples.

Question 42

σὺ δὲ μοι θεοὺς λέγεις καὶ νόμους;

Answer 42

Do you speak to me of gods and laws?

Question 43

ὦ μῶρε σύ —

Answer 43

You fool—

Question 44

— οἱ γὰρ θεοὶ ἢ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἢ οὐ φροντίζουσιν ἡμῶν, …

Answer 44

the gods either don’t exist or don’t care about us, …

Question 45

… ἐπειδὴ ἡ νόσος διαφθείρει τούς τε εὐσεβεῖς ἅμα καὶ τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς.

Answer 45

since the plague is destroying both the pious and the impious alike.

Question 46

ποῦ γὰρ ἡ ἐμὴ μήτηρ καὶ ὁ πατήρ, εὐσεβοῦντες ἀεί;

Answer 46

Where are my mother and father, who were always pious?

Question 47

νῦν δὲ ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ἀδελφός, εὐσεβέστατος ἀνθρώπων ὤν; ἰδού.

Answer 47

Now where is my brother, the most pious of men? Look.

Question 48

(points to the corpse) καὶ μή μοι λέγε περὶ νόμων καὶ ὕβρεως.

Answer 48

And don’t talk to me about laws and aggressive behavior.

Question 49

οὐ γὰρ φοβοῦμαι τὴν κόλασιν.

Answer 49

For I’m not afraid of punishment.

Question 50

ἢ οὐκ οἶσθα ὅτι ἐφήμεροι οἱ ἄνθρωποι;

Answer 50

Don’t you know that men are short-lived?

Question 51

τί δ’ ἐσμέν; τί δ’ οὐκ ἐσμέν;

Answer 51

What are we? What are we not?

Question 52

“σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος.”

Answer 52

“Man is the dream of a shadow.”

Question 53

(The young man sets light to the pyre) ΓΕΡ. παῦ, παῦε. ἀτιμάζεις γὰρ τοὺς θεούς, θνητὸς ὤν.

Answer 53

O.M. Stop, stop! You are dishonoring the gods, though you are a mortal.

Question 54

ΝΕΑΝ. ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀτιμάζω τοὺ θεοὺς ἔγωγε.

Answer 54

Y. M. But I don’t dishonor the gods.

Question 55

τιμῶ γὰρ μάλιστα τὴν Ἀφροδίτην.

Answer 55

I honor Aphrodite particularly.

Question 56

καλὴ γὰρ καὶ εὔφρων ἡ θεός.

Answer 56

She is a beautiful and kindly goddess.

Question 57

καλὴ γὰρ καὶ εὔφων οὗσα ἡ θεός, εὐδαίμονα ποιεῖ τὸν βίον.

Answer 57

Since the goddess is beautiful and kindly, she makes life happy.

Question 58

ἐγὼ οὖν πρὸς Ἀφροδίτην τρέπομαι καὶ τὴν ἡδονήν, καλὰς οὔσας.

Answer 58

So I’m turning to Aphrodite and pleasure, because they are fine.

Question 59

(He goes off, helped by the slave). ΔΙΚ. ἆρα θαυμάζεις, ὦ ῥαψῃδέ, ὅτι τὸ ἄστυ μισῶ, γεωργὸς ὤν, καὶ τὸν ἐμὸν δῆμον ποθῶ;

Answer 59

DIK. Are you surprised, rhapsode, that I hate the city because I am a farmer, and long for my own deme?

Question 60

ἐν γὰρ τῇ πόλει οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ ἀνομία καὶ ἀσέβεια καὶ νόσος καὶ πολὺ τῶν νεκρῶν πλῆθος.

Answer 60

For in the city there is nothing other than lawlessness and impiety and plague and a great quantity of corpses.

Question 61

ἀτιμάζω

Answer 61

dishonor; hold in dishonor

Question 62

δεσπότης, ὁ

Answer 62

master

Question 63

διαφθείρω

Answer 63

destroy, kill

Question 64

θεός, ὁ, ἡ

Answer 64

god (goddess)

Question 65

θνητός, ή, όν

Answer 65

mortal

Question 66

κωλύω

Answer 66

prevent, stop

Question 67

μάλιστα

Answer 67

especially; particularly; yes

Question 68

νεκρός, ὁ

Answer 68

corpse

Question 69

νόμος, ὁ

Answer 69

law; convention

Question 70

νόσος, ὁ

Answer 70

plague, disease

Question 71

πυρά, ἡ

Answer 71

funeral pyre

Question 72

τῑμάω

Answer 72

honor (noun)

Question 73

τύπτω

Answer 73

strike, hit

Question 74

φέρω

Answer 74

carry, bear

Question 75

φόβος, ὁ

Answer 75

fear (noun)