Section 8B Greek to English

Question 1

ἀδικέω

Answer 1

be unjust, commit a crime, do wrong

Question 2

ᾷδω / ἀείδω

Answer 2

sing

Question 3

ἀνίσταμαι (ἀναστα- )

Answer 3

get up, emigrate

Question 4

δῆμος, ὁ

Answer 4

people; deme

Question 5

δικαστήριον, τό

Answer 5

law-court

Question 6

δικαστής, ὁ

Answer 6

juror, dikast

Question 7

ἐκκλησίᾱ, ἡ

Answer 7

assembly, ekklesia

Question 8

εὐδαίμων, εὔδαιμον (εὐδαιμον- )

Answer 8

happy, rich, blessed by the gods

Question 9

μέγιστος, η, ον

Answer 9

greatest

Question 10

μείζων, μεῖζον (μειζον- )

Answer 10

greater

Question 11

μῶν;

Answer 11

surely not?

Question 12

οἰκτίρω (οἰκτιρα- )

Answer 12

pity

Question 13

πάθος, τό

Answer 13

experience, suffering

Question 14

πανταχοῦ

Answer 14

everywhere

Question 15

ῥήτωρ (ῥήτορ- ), ὁ

Answer 15

orator, politician

Question 16

χρόνος, ὁ

Answer 16

time

Question 17

ΔΙΚ. μείζονα οὖν τινα πόλιν ἢ τὰς Ἀθήνας ζητεῖς;

Answer 17

DIKAIOPOLIS “Are you looking for a greater city than Athens?”

Question 18

ΕΥ. οὐ μὰ Δία οὐκ ἐκεῖνο διανοοῦμαι.

Answer 18

EUELPIDES “No, by Zeus, I do not have that in mind.”

Question 19

οὐκ ἔστι μείζων ταύτης τῆς πόλεως πόλις.

Answer 19

“There is no greater city than this one.”

Question 20

μέγισται γὰρ νὲ Δία αἱ Ἀθῆναι φαίνονται οὖσαι.

Answer 20

“For, in the name of Zeus, Athens is clearly the greatest.”

Question 21

ΡΑΨ. ἔπειτα εὐδαιμονεστέρα ταύτης τῆς πόλεως ζήτεις πόλιν;

Answer 21

RHAPSODE “Are you looking for a wealthier city than this one?”

Question 22

ΕΥ. οὐκ ἔστιν εὐδαιμονεστέρα ἢ αὕτη ἡ πόλις.

Answer 22

EU. “There is no city wealthier than this one.”

Question 23

εὐδαιμονέσταται γὰρ αἱ Ἀθῆναι.

Answer 23

“For Athens is the wealthiest.”

Question 24

ΔΙΚ. τί οὖν δή;

Answer 24

DIK. “What then?”

Question 25

τί ἐν νῷ ἔχετε;

Answer 25

“What do you have in mind?”

Question 26

μῶν μισεῖτε τὴν πόλιν;

Answer 26

“Do you perhaps hate the city?” (Surely you don’t hate the city?)

Question 27

ΠΕΙΣ. ἀλλ’ οὺ μὰ Δία οὐκ αὐτὴν μισοῦμεν τὴν πόλιν.

Answer 27

PEISETAIROS “No, by Zeus, we do not hate the city itself.”

Question 28

ΔΙΚ. λέγετε οὖν, ὦ φίλοι τί παθόντες ἢ τί βουλόμενοι ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἀπέρχεσθε;

Answer 28

DIK. “Tell me the, my friends, what happened to you, or what is it that you want that makes you leave the city”

Question 29

ΕΥ. δεινὰ δὴ παθόντες καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πειέταιρος οὑτοσί, ὦ Δικαιόπολι, ἐπιέναι βουλόμεθα.

Answer 29

EU. “Peisetairos here and I have had a terrible experience, Dikaiopolis, and so we want to go away.”

Question 30

βαρέως γὰρ φέρομεν τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράγματα, μάλιστα δὲ τὰ δικαστήρια.

Answer 30

“For we find the affairs of the city hard to bear, especially the lawcourts.”

Question 31

τοιοῦτον γὰρ τὸ πάθος ἐπάθομεν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον εἰσελθόντες.

Answer 31

“So great was the misfortune we suffered when we entered the lawcourts.”

Question 32

ΡΑΨ. ποῖον τὸ πάθος;

Answer 32

RHAP. “What sort of misfortune?”

Question 33

τί ποιήσαντες ἢ τί ἀδικήσαντες τὸ πάθος ἐπάθετε;

Answer 33

“What had you done, or what wrong did you do so that you suffered this misfortune?”

Question 34

ΕΥ. οὐδὲν οὔτ’ ἐποιήσαμεν οὐτ’ ἀδικήσαμεν, ...

Answer 34

EU. “We did nothing and we did no wrong ...

Question 35

ἀλλ’ οἱ δικασταὶ κατεψηφίσαντο ἡμῶν ἀναιτίων ὄντων ...

Answer 35

... but the jurors condemned us, even though we were innocent ...

Question 36

διὰ τὴν τῶν μαρτύρων ψευδομαρτυρίαν.

Answer 36

because of the false testimony of the witnesses.”

Question 37

ΔΙΚ. ἀλλ’ οὐ θαυμάζω εἰ ἄλλην τινὰ πόλιν ζητοῦντες ἀνίστασθε, ...

Answer 37

DIK. “I am not surprised that you are setting off to find another city, ...

Question 38

ἐπεὶ δίκαια λέγετε περὶ τοῦ τε δικαστηρίου καὶ τῶν δικαστῶν.

Answer 38

since you give a just account of the lawcourt and the jurors.”

Question 39

οἱ μὲν γὰρ τέττιγες ὀλίγον χρόνον ἐπὶ τῶν κραδῶν ᾄδουσιν, ...

Answer 39

“For the crickets sing for little while in the branches, ...

Question 40

οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐπὶ τῶ δικῶν ᾄδουσιν ἀεί.

Answer 40

but the Athenians sing all the time in their lawcourts.”

Question 41

ταῦτ’ οὖν εἰκότως ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε.

Answer 41

“You are doing this with reason.”

Question 42

ἐγὼ δὲ εἰκότως ταῦτα οὐ ποιήσω.

Answer 42

“And it is with reason that I shall not do this.”

Question 43

φιλόπολις γάρ εἰμι, ὥσπερ οἱ ῥήτορες, οὐδὲ παύσομαι οὐδέποτε φιλόπολις ὤν.

Answer 43

“For I, like the orators, love the city, and I shall never cease to love the city.”

Question 44

ΠΕΙΣ. ὦ Δικαιόπολι, τί φής;

Answer 44

PEI. “Dikaiopolis, what are you saying?”

Question 45

μῶν φιλοπόλιδας ἡγῇ τοὺς ῥήρορας;

Answer 45

“Do you really think that the orators love the city?”

Question 46

ΔΙΚ. ἔγωγε. τί μήν;

Answer 46

DIK. “I do. Why not?”

Question 47

ΠΕΙΣ. ἀλλὰ πῶς φιλοῦσι τὸν δῆμον οἱ ῥήτορες;

Answer 47

PEI. “But how do the orators show their love for the people?”

Question 48

σκόπει γάρ.

Answer 48

“For consider.”

Question 49

ὁ μὲν πόλεμος ἕρπει, ...

Answer 49

“The war drags on, ...

Question 50

πανταχοῦ δὲ κλαυμοὶ καὶ πυραὶ διὰ τὴν νόσον, ...

Answer 50

everywhere there are (is) lamentation and funeral pyres because of the plague: ...

Question 51

πανταχοῦ δὲ οἱ νεκροί, πολλὴ δ’ ἡ ἀνομία.

Answer 51

everywhere there are corpses, there is much lawlessness.”

Question 52

ἆρ’ οἰκτίρουσιν οἱ ῥήτορες τὸν δῆμον;

Answer 52

“Do the orators show pity for the people?”

Question 53

οἰκτίρουσιν ἢ οὔ; λέγε.

Answer 53

“Do they pity them or not? Tell me.”

Question 54

τί σιωπᾷς; οὐκ ἐρεῖς;

Answer 54

“Why are you silent? You will not say?”

Question 55

οὐκ οἰκτίρουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀπολοῦσι τὴν πόλιν, εὖ οἶσθ’ ὅτι.

Answer 55

“They do not pity them, but they will destroy the city, you know it well.”

Question 56

ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἀποκρινοῦμαι.

Answer 56

“For I will answer on your behalf.”

Question 57

καὶ πλέα μὲν ἡ γῆ τῆς τόλμης αὐτῶν, πλέα δ’ ἡ ἐκκλησία, πλέα δὲ τὰ δικαστήρια, ...

Answer 57

“The land is full of their audacity, the assembly is full of it, and the lawcourts are full of it, ...

Question 58

ὁ δὲ δῆμος πλέως τῆς ἀπορίας.

Answer 58

but the people are full of distress.”

Question 59

ἀδικέω

Answer 59

be unjust, commit a crime, do wrong

Question 60

ᾷδω / ἀείδω

Answer 60

sing

Question 61

ἀνίσταμαι (ἀναστα- )

Answer 61

get up, emigrate

Question 62

δῆμος, ὁ

Answer 62

people; deme

Question 63

δικαστήριον, τό

Answer 63

law-court

Question 64

δικαστής, ὁ

Answer 64

juror, dikast

Question 65

ἐκκλησίᾱ, ἡ

Answer 65

assembly, ekklesia

Question 66

εὐδαίμων, εὔδαιμον (εὐδαιμον- )

Answer 66

happy, rich, blessed by the gods

Question 67

μέγιστος, η, ον

Answer 67

greatest

Question 68

μείζων, μεῖζον (μειζον- )

Answer 68

greater

Question 69

μῶν;

Answer 69

surely not?

Question 70

οἰκτίρω (οἰκτιρα- )

Answer 70

pity

Question 71

πάθος, τό

Answer 71

experience, suffering

Question 72

πανταχοῦ

Answer 72

everywhere

Question 73

ῥήτωρ (ῥήτορ- ), ὁ

Answer 73

orator, politician

Question 74

χρόνος, ὁ

Answer 74

time