Additional Reading Unit 5

Unit 5

1 Proverbs

(i) k�raj k�raki f�lo!. (ii) �n ta�! yrij�n � !of�a. (iii) g�la �rn�yvn. (iv) l�y� lale�!. (v) �fyonoi Mou!�n y�rai.

2# �dikon � plo�to!, poll� d� o�k �ry�! poie�.

3# �k t�n �mo�vn o� kako� gamo�!� �e�.

4 a� tr�xe! poio�!in a� leuka� frone�n.

5 o� l�gein e� dein�! �ll� !ig�n �d�nato!.

6# g�lv! �kairo! �n broto�! dein�n kak�n.

7# �dikon t� lupe�n to�! f�lou! �kou!�v!.

8 t� m�n !�ma ynht�n, � d� cux� �y�nato!.

9# t� poll� pr�ttein �!t� pantaxo� kak�n.

10 Barbarous Thracians

For the Greeks mankind was divided in two groups: themselves (�Ellhne!) and non-Greeks (b�rbaroi). Though the term b�rbaroi was originally neutral, it came to acquire something of its modern connotations when the Greeks came into contact with various wild tribes, particularly those to the north.

o� d� Yr�ke!, �pe� e�! t�n Mukalh!!�n �kon, t�! te o�k�a! ka� t� �er� �p�ryoun ka� to�! �nyr�pou! �f�neuon: to�! g�r g�ronta! ka� to�! n�ou! o�k e�vn �pofe�gein, �ll� p�nta! (all acc. pl. m.) �j�! ka� pa�da! ka� guna�ka! �kteinon, ka� pro!�ti ka� t� �poz�gia ka� t� �lla �mcuxa. o� g�r Yr�ke! �mo�v! to�! m�li!ta barb�roi! !f�dra foniko� e�!in. ka� t�te �llh te tarax� o�k �l�gh ka� �d�a panto�a �n �l�yrou: �n g�r dida!kale�� pa�dvn o� �!an o� pa�de! p�nta! �f�neu!an. � d� !umfor� �m�n doke� pantel�! �d�kht�! te ka� dein�.

11 Alcibiades attacks Byzantium

Alcibiades was the enfant terrible of Athenian politics during the Peloponnesian War but his ability was undisputed. In the following passage his success at Byzantium (modern Istanbul) is described.

ka� t� to� �Alkibi�dou nautik�n �p� t� Buz�ntion �pleu!e ka� �f�bei to�! Buzant�ou!. �mv! d� o� �n t� Buzant�� Peloponn�!ioi ka� Boivto� to�! na�ta! �trecan ka� �d�vjan e�! t� plo�a p�lin. �ll� �peid� �nioi t�n �Ayhna�vn �ndon �dh �!an, �x�roun �m�!e. �n d� t� m�x� �n�kh!en � �Alkibi�dh!, ka� t�n polem�vn a�xm�lvtoi �!an pollo�.

�d�nato!, -on unable

�kairo!, -on ill-timed, inopportune

�kou!�v! (adv.) willingly

Mukalh!!�!, -o�, � Mycalessus (small town in Boeotia)

�er�n, -o�, t� temple

e�vn impf. of ��v, allow

�j�! (adv.) one after another

pro!�ti (adv.) in addition

�mcuxo!, -on living

�mo�v! (adv.) in the same way as (+ dat.)

fonik�!, -�, -�n murderous

dida!kale�on, -ou, t� school

�d�khto!, -on unexpected

Buz�ntion, -ou, t� Byzantium

�pleu!e aor. of pl�v, sail

fob�v terrify

Buz�ntio!, -ou, � Byzantian

�nioi, -ai, -a some

xvr�v �m�!e come to close quarters, join battle

a�xm�lvto!, -ou, � prisoner

(c) Gavin Betts, Alan Henry 2001