Section 7H English to Greek

Question 1

lead, bring

Answer 1

ἄγω (ἀγαγ- )

Question 2

self

Answer 2

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

Question 3

cross

Answer 3

διαβαίνω

Question 4

be able

Answer 4

δύναμαι

Question 5

two

Answer 5

δύο

Question 6

return

Answer 6

ἐπανέρχομαι (ἐπανελθ- )

Question 7

come across, overtake

Answer 7

καταλαμβάνω

Question 8

possession

Answer 8

κτῆμα, κρήματος, τό

Question 9

after (+ acc.)

Answer 9

μετά (+ acc.)

Question 10

the same

Answer 10

ὁ αὐτός

Question 11

dwell (in), live

Answer 11

οἰκέω

Question 12

back, again

Answer 12

πάλιν

Question 13

river

Answer 13

ποταμός, ὁ

Question 14

sign, signal

Answer 14

σημεῖον, τό

Question 15

your

Answer 15

ῡ́μέτερος, ᾱ, ον

Question 16

speak, utter

Answer 16

φωνέω

Question 17

voice, language

Answer 17

φωνή, ἡ

Question 18

So then a young man, on coming across an Amazon who was alone, immediately had intercourse with her.

Answer 18

οὕτως οὖν νεανίσκος τις Άμαζόνα τινὰ μόνην οὖσαν καταλαβών, εὐθὺς ἐχρῆτο.

Question 19

And the Amazon did not prevent [him].

Answer 19

καὶ ἡ Ἀμαζὼν οὐκ ἐκώλυσεν.

Question 20

And she was not able to speak [his language], …

Answer 20

καὶ φωνεῖν μὲν οὐκ ἐδύνατο, …

Question 21

but by means of a sign she ordered the young man to come to the same place on the next day and bring another young man, …

Answer 21

διὰ δὲ σημείου ἐκέλευε τὸν νεανίαν εἰς τὴν ὑστεραίαν ἰέναι εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ χωρίον καὶ ἕτερον νεανίαν ἄγειν, …

Question 22

giving a sign that she herself would do the same thing and would bring another Amazon.

Answer 22

σημαίνουσα ὅτι αὐτὴ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιήσει καὶ ἑτέραν Ἀμαζόνα ἄξει.

Question 23

And the young man went away and told this to the others, …

Answer 23

ὁ δὲ νεανίας ἀπελθὼν εἶπε ταῦτα πρὸς τοὺς λοιπούς, …

Question 24

and on the next day, on coming himself to the same place, bringing another young man, he found the Amazon herself who had brought another Amazon.

Answer 24

τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ ἐλθὼν αὐτὸς εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ χωρίον, ἕτερον ἄγων νεανίαν, τὴν Ἀμαζόνα αὐτὴν ηὗρεν, ἑτέραν ἀγαγοῦσαν Ἀμαζόνα.

Question 25

The two young men, on finding the Amazons and having intercourse with them, went away.

Answer 25

οἱ δὲ δυὸ νεανίαι, εὑρόντες τὰς Ἀμαζόνας καὶ χρησάμενοι, ἀπῆλθον.

Question 26

But the rest of the young men, on learning what had happened, did the same thing themselves also.

Answer 26

οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ τῶν νεανιῶν, μαθόντες τὰ γενόμενα, ἐποίουν τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ αὐτοί.

Question 27

After this the Scythians and the Amazons began to live together.

Answer 27

μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνῴκουν ὁμοῦ οἵ τε Σκύθαι καὶ αἱ Ἀμαζόνες.

Question 28

The men could not learn the language of the Amazons, but the women learned that of the Scythians.

Answer 28

τὴν δὲ φωνὴν τὴν μὲν τῶν Ἀμαζόνων οἱ ἄνδρες οὑκ ἐδύναντο μανθάνειν, τὴν δὲ τῶν Σκυθῶν αἱ γυναῖκες ἔμαθον.

Question 29

At last the young men said to them:

Answer 29

τέλος δὲ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτὰς οἱ νεανίαι·

Question 30

“We have parents and possessions.”

Answer 30

“τοκέας καὶ κτήματα ἔχομεν ἡμεῖς.”

Question 31

“Why, then, don’t we go away to our people?”

Answer 31

“διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἀπερχόμεθα εἰς τὸ ἡμέτερον πλῆθος;”

Question 32

“We shall have you as our wives and no others.”

Answer 32

“γυναῖκας δ’ ἕξομεν ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐδεμίας ἄλλας.”

Question 33

But they said to this: “We cannot live with your women.”

Answer 33

αἱ δὲ πρὸς ταῦτα “ἡμεῖς,” ἔφασαν, “οὐ δυνάμεθα οἰκεῖν μετὰ τῶν ὑμετέρων γυναικῶν.”

Question 34

“For our customs and the Scythians’ customs are not the same.”

Answer 34

“οὐ γὰρ ἀυτοὶ οἵ τε ἡμέτεροι νόμοι καὶ οἱ τῶν Σκυθῶν.”

Question 35

“For we use bows and arrows and ride horses, and we have not learned women’s tasks.”

Answer 35

“ἡμεῖς μὲν γὰρ τοξεύομεν καὶ ἱππαζόμεθα, ἔργα δὲ γυναικεῖα οὐκ ἐμάθομεν.”

Question 36

“But your women do none of these things, ...

Answer 36

“αἱ δ’ ὑμέτεραι γυναῖκες οὐδὲν τούτων ποιοῦσιν, ...

Question 37

but do women’s tasks, staying in the wagons and not using bows and arrows or riding horses.”

Answer 37

ἀλλὰ ἔργα γυναικεῖα ἐργάζοναι, μενοῦσαι ἐν ταῖς ἁμάξαις καὶ οὐ τοξεύουσι οὐδ’ ἱππαζόμεναι.”

Question 38

“But if you want to have us as your wives, you must go to your parents and obtain [your] portion of possessions, ...

Answer 38

“αλλ’ εἰ βούλεσθε γυναῖκας ἔχειν ὑμᾶς, ἐλθόντας εἰς τοὺς τοκέας δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἀπολαγχάνειν τὸ τῶν κτημάτων μέρος, ...

Question 39

and then come back and live with us.”

Answer 39

... καὶ ἔπειτα ἐπανελθόντας συνοικεῖν μεθ’ ἡμῶν.”

Question 40

Having said these things, they convinced the young men.

Answer 40

ταῦτα δ’ εἰποῦσαι ἔπεισαν τοὺς νεανίσκους.

Question 41

So the young men, on obtaining their portion of the possessions, came back again to the Amazons.

Answer 41

ἀπολαχόντες οὖν οἱ νεανίσκοι τὸ τῶν κτημάτων μέρος, ἐπανῆλθον πάλιν παρὰ τὰς Ἀμαχόνας.

Question 42

So the Amazons said to them:

Answer 42

εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτοὺς αἱ Ἀμαζόνες·

Question 43

“But a great fear holds us.”

Answer 43

“ἀλλ ἡμᾶς ἔχει φόβος τις μέγας.”

Question 44

“For we cannot live in this region, having laid waste the land.”

Answer 44

“οὐ γὰρ δυνάμεθα οἰκεῖν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χώρῳ, διαρπάσασαι τὴν γῆν.”

Question 45

”But if you want to have us as your wives, ...

Answer 45

“ἀλλ’ εἰ βούλεσθε ἡμᾶς γυναῖκας ἔχειν, ...

Question 46

why don’t we get up and go off from this land and, crossing the river Tanais, live there?”

Answer 46

διὰ τί οὐκ ἐξανιστάμεθα ἐκ τὴς γῆς ταύτης καὶ τὸν Τάναϊν ποταμὸν διαβάντες ἐκεῖ οἰκοῦμεν;”

Question 47

And the young men obeyed these things too.

Answer 47

καὶ ἐπείθοντο καὶ ταῦτα οἱ νεανίαι.

Question 48

So having got up and left, and having arrived at the place, they inhabited it.

Answer 48

ἐξαναστάντες οὖν καὶ ἀφικόμενοι πρὸς τὸν χῶρον, ᾤκησαν αὐτόν.

Question 49

lead, bring

Answer 49

ἄγω (ἀγαγ- )

Question 50

self

Answer 50

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

Question 51

cross

Answer 51

διαβαίνω

Question 52

be able

Answer 52

δύναμαι

Question 53

two

Answer 53

δύο

Question 54

return

Answer 54

ἐπανέρχομαι (ἐπανελθ- )

Question 55

come across, overtake

Answer 55

καταλαμβάνω

Question 56

possession

Answer 56

κτῆμα, κρήματος, τό

Question 57

after (+ acc.)

Answer 57

μετά (+ acc.)

Question 58

the same

Answer 58

ὁ αὐτός

Question 59

dwell (in), live

Answer 59

οἰκέω

Question 60

back, again

Answer 60

πάλιν

Question 61

river

Answer 61

ποταμός, ὁ

Question 62

sign, signal

Answer 62

σημεῖον, τό

Question 63

your

Answer 63

ῡ́μέτερος, ᾱ, ον

Question 64

speak, utter

Answer 64

φωνέω

Question 65

voice, language

Answer 65

φωνή, ἡ