Section 7C English to Greek

Question 1

slander

Answer 1

διαβολή, ἡ

Question 2

corrupt; kill; destroy

Answer 2

διαφθείρω

Question 3

seem; consider oneself to -

Answer 3

δοκέω

Question 4

knowing (participle of οἶδα)

Answer 4

εἰδώς, εἰδυῖα, εἰδός (εἰδοτ- )

Question 5

I shall go

Answer 5

εἶμι

Question 6

to go

Answer 6

ἰέναι

Question 7

I went

Answer 7

ᾖα

Question 8

question closely

Answer 8

ἐξετάζω

Question 9

find, come upon

Answer 9

εὑρίσκω (εὑρ- )

Question 10

not; (with imperative) don’t!

Answer 10

μή

Question 11

think

Answer 11

οἶμαι

Question 12

I was thinking

Answer 12

ᾦμην

Question 13

try, test

Answer 13

πειράομαι (πειρᾱσα- )

Question 14

often

Answer 14

πολλάκις

Question 15

Finally I went to the craftsmen (artists).

Answer 15

τέλος δ’ ἐπὶ τοὺς χειροτέχνας ᾖα.

Question 16

For I knew that I knew nothing and that the craftsmen knew many beautiful things.

Answer 16

ᾔδη γὰρ ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα καὶ ὅτι οἱ χειροτέχναι πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ ἴσασιν.

Question 17

Therefore, knowing many things the craftsmen were wiser than I.

Answer 17

πολλὰ οὖν εἰδότες, σοφώτεροι ἦσαν οἱ χειροτέχναι ἢ ἐγώ.

Question 18

But they considered, as I thought, that because of their skill (art) they were the wisest in many other respects, although they were not.

Answer 18

ἀλλ’ ἔδοξαν, ὠς ἐγὼ ῴμην, διὰ τὴν τέχνην σοφώτατοι εἶναι περὶ ἄλλα πολλά, οὐκ ὄντες.

Question 19

Such was the experience which both the poets and the craftsmen were clearly experiencing.

Answer 19

τοιοῦτον οὖν πάθος ἐφαίνοντο καὶ οἱ ποιηταὶ καὶ οἱ χειροτέχναι πάσχοντες.

Question 20

From this search, gentlemen of Athens, arose the slanders against me, which are serious, and my reputation.

Answer 20

ἐκ ταυτησὶ δὴ τῆς ζητήσεως, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐγένοντο αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί, βαρεῖαι δὴ οὖσαι, καὶ ἡ δόξα.

Question 21

And, moreover, the young men, who are wealthy and have the most leasure, enjoy listening to my words …

Answer 21

καὶ δὴ καὶ οἱ νεανίαι, οἵ γε πλούσιοι ὄντες καὶ μάλιστα σχολὴν ἔχοντες, ἥδονται ἀκούοντες τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους, …

Question 22

… and often try to examine others, in the way that I do.

Answer 22

καὶ πολλάκις πειρῶνται ἄλλους ἐξετάζειν, ὥσπερ ἐγώ.

Question 23

For young men are arrogant and very much enjoy examining their elders.

Answer 23

ὑβρισταὶ γὰρ οἱ νεανίαι καὶ μάλιστα ἥδονται ἐξετάζοντες τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους.

Question 24

And, as I think, in the course of examining them, they discover a great number of those who consider that they know something, but know little or nothing.

Answer 24

καί, ὡς ἐγὼ οἶμαι, ἐξετάζοντες εὑρίσκουσι πολὺ πλῆθος τῶν δοκούντων μέν τι εἰδέναι, εἰδότων δ’ ὀλίγα ἢ οὐδέν.

Question 25

Therefore, as a result of this, those who think that they know something become angry and say that ...

Answer 25

ἐντεῦθεν οὖν οἱ δοκοῦντές τι εἰδέναι ὀργίζονται καὶ λέγουσιν ὅτι ...

Question 26

“Socrates is a most disgraceful person and corrupts the young men.”

Answer 26

“Σωκράτης τίς ἐστι μιαρώτατος καὶ διαφθείρει τοὺς νέους.”

Question 27

But I want to ask ...

Answer 27

ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐρωτᾶν βούλομαι

Question 28

“How does Socrates corrupt the young men?”

Answer 28

“πῶς διαφθείρει τοὺς νέους ὁ Σωκράτης;”

Question 29

“What does he do or what does he teach to corrupt them?”

Answer 29

“τί ποιῶν, ἢ τί διδάσκων, διαφθείρει αὐτού;”

Question 30

And they have nothing to say, but not wishing to seem to be at a loss, ...

Answer 30

ἔχουσι μὲν οὐδὲν λέγειν ἐκεῖνοι, οὐ μέντοι βουλόμενοι δοκεῖν ἀπορεῖν, ...

Question 31

they say that, like the other sophists, Socrates teaches ...

Answer 31

λέγουσιν ὅτι, ὥσπερ οἱ ἄλλοι φιλόσοφοι, διδάσκει Σωκράτης ...

Question 32

“the things in the air and the things beneath the earth” and “not to believe in the gods” and “to make the weaker argument the stronger.”

Answer 32

“τὰ μετέωρα καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς” καὶ “θεοὺς μὴ νομίζειν” καὶ “τὸν ἥττονα λόγον κρείττονα ποιεῖν.”

Question 33

For they do not wish, as I think, to tell the truth, ...

Answer 33

οὐ γὰρ βούλονται, ὡς ἐγὼ οἶμαι, τἀληθῆ λέγειν, ...

Question 34

... that they have been revealed as thinking they they know something, when, in fact, they know nothing.

Answer 34

ὅτι κατάδηλοι γίγνονται δοκοῦντες μέν τι εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δ’ οὐδέν.

Question 35

slander

Answer 35

διαβολή, ἡ

Question 36

corrupt; kill; destroy

Answer 36

διαφθείρω

Question 37

seem; consider oneself to -

Answer 37

δοκέω

Question 38

knowing (participle of οἶδα)

Answer 38

εἰδώς, εἰδυῖα, εἰδός (εἰδοτ- )

Question 39

I shall go

Answer 39

εἶμι

Question 40

to go

Answer 40

ἰέναι

Question 41

I went

Answer 41

ᾖα

Question 42

question closely

Answer 42

ἐξετάζω

Question 43

find, come upon

Answer 43

εὑρίσκω (εὑρ- )

Question 44

not; (with imperative) don’t!

Answer 44

μή

Question 45

think

Answer 45

οἶμαι

Question 46

I was thinking

Answer 46

ᾢμην

Question 47

try, test

Answer 47

πειράομαι (πειρᾱσα- )

Question 48

often

Answer 48

πολλάκις