Additional Reading Unit 2

Unit 2

Odysseus and Circe

Second declension forms which have already appeared in 2.2 are not explained.

1 � �Odu!!e�! �k t�! t�n Kukl�pvn (of the Cyclopes) x�ra! fe�gei ka� met� �l�ga! �m�ra! e�! t�n A�a�an �kei.

2 �n t� A�a�& �!t� (there is) ye�, K�rkh �n�mati (by name).

3 �ma t� �m�r& � �Odu!!e�! t�n na�n (ship) pr�! t� yal�tt� katale�pei ka� pr�! !kopi�n t�! x�ra! bad�zei.

4 �v! �n t� �l� bad�zei �lafon (deer acc. s. m) �ja�fnh! bl�pei ka� �pokte�nei, �!te o� �ta�roi (his [lit. the] companions nom. pl. m.) �dvd�n n�n �xou!in.

5 t�n �lafon �!y�ou!in ka� t�xa �n t� �kt� kaye�dou!in.

6 �ma t� �m�r& � �Odu!!e�! �n t� �kt� m�nei, �ll� o� �ta�roi e�r�!kou!i t�n t�! K�rkh! o�k�an, o� kal�! �e�dei � ye�.

7 t�! y�ra! �no�gei � ye� ka� l�gei �ti �dvd�n par�xein �y�lei.

8 �ll� � E�r�loxo! (Eurylochus nom. s. m.) t�n ye�n deima�nei ka� �kt�! �pom�nei.

9 � K�rkh t�n �dvd�n par�xei ka� gohte�ei a�to�! (them), �!te t�! kefal�! ka� t�! fvn�! t�n ��n (of pigs) �xou!in.

10 � E�r�loxo! pr�! t�n �kt�n tr�xei ka� t� �Odu!!e� (to Odysseus) l�gei �ti de� �k t�! A�a�a! fe�gein.

11 �ll� � �Odu!!e�! o�k �y�lei ka� �k t�! gohte�a! t�! ye�! a�to�! �k!�zei.

A�a�a, -a!, � Aeaea (Circe's island)

�lafo!, -ou, � deer

�no�gv open

�pom�nv~ stay behind

gohte�v bewitch

gohte�a, -a!, � witchcraft

�k!�zv~ preserve from danger, save

(c) Gavin Betts, Alan Henry 2001