Additional Reading Unit 5
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Unit 5 1 Proverbs (i) κόραξ κόρακι φίλοϲ. (ii) ἐν ται̂ϲ θριξὶν ἡ ϲοφία. (iii) γάλα ὀρνίθων. (iv) λίθῳ λαλει̂ϲ. (v) ἄφθονοι Μουϲω̂ν θύραι. 2# ἄδικον ὁ πλου̂τοϲ, πολλὰ δ ̓ οὐκ ὀρθω̂ϲ ποιει̂. 3# ἐκ τω̂ν ὁμοίων οἱ κακοὶ γαμου̂ϲ ̓ ἀεί. 4 αἱ τρίχεϲ ποιου̂ϲιν αἱ λευκαὶ φρονει̂ν. 5 οὐ λέγειν εἰ̂ δεινὸϲ ἀλλὰ ϲιγα̂ν ἀδύνατοϲ. 6# γέλωϲ ἄκαιροϲ ἐν βροτοι̂ϲ δεινὸν κακόν. 7# ἄδικον τὸ λυπει̂ν τοὺϲ φίλουϲ ἑκουϲίωϲ. 8 τὸ μὲν ϲω̂μα θνητόν, ἡ δὲ θυχὴ ἀθάνατοϲ. 9# τὸ πολλὰ πράττειν ἐϲτὶ πανταχου̂ κακόν. 10 Barbarous Thracians For the Greeks mankind was divided in two groups: themselves ("Ελληνεϲ) and non-Greeks (βάρβαροι). Though the term βάρβαροι 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. οἱ δὲ Θρᾳ̂κεϲ, ἐπεὶ εἰϲ τὴν Μυκαληϲϲὸν ἡ̂κον, τάϲ τε οἰκίαϲ καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ ἐπόρθουν καὶ τοὺϲ ἀνθρώπουϲ ἐφόνευον: τοὺϲ γὰρ γέρονταϲ καὶ τοὺϲ νέουϲ οὐκ εἴων ἀποφεύγειν, ἀλλὰ πάνταϲ (all acc. pl. m.) ἑξη̂ϲ καὶ παι̂δαϲ καὶ γυναι̂καϲ ἔκτεινον, καὶ προϲέτι καὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἔμθυχα. οἱ γὰρ Θρᾳ̂κεϲ ὁμοίωϲ τοι̂ϲ μάλιϲτα βαρβάροιϲ ϲφόδρα φονικοί εἰϲιν. καὶ τότε ἄλλη τε ταραχὴ οὐκ ὀλίγη καὶ ἰδέα παντοία ἠ̂ν ὀλέθρου: ἐν γὰρ διδαϲκαλείῳ παίδων οὑ̂ ἠ̂ϲαν οἱ παι̂δεϲ πάνταϲ ἐφόνευϲαν. ἡ δὲ ϲυμφορὰ ἡμι̂ν δοκει̂ παντελω̂ϲ ἀδόκητόϲ τε καὶ δεινή. 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. καὶ τὸ του̂ ̓Αλκιβιάδου ναυτικὸν ἐπὶ τὸ Βυζάντιον ἔπλευϲε καὶ ἐφόβει τοὺϲ Βυζαντίουϲ. ὅμωϲ δὲ οἱ ἐν τῳ̂ Βυζαντίῳ Πελοποννήϲιοι καὶ Βοιωτοὶ τοὺϲ ναύταϲ ἔτρεθαν καὶ ἐδίωξαν εἰϲ τὰ πλοι̂α πάλιν. ἀλλ ̓ ἐπειδὴ ἔνιοι τω̂ν ̓Αθηναίων ἔνδον ἤδη ἠ̂ϲαν, ἐχώρουν ὁμόϲε. ἐν δὲ τῃ̂ μάχῃ ἐνίκηϲεν ὁ ̓Αλκιβιάδηϲ, καὶ τω̂ν πολεμίων αἰχμάλωτοι ἠ̂ϲαν πολλοί. ἀδύνατοϲ, -ον unable ἄκαιροϲ, -ον ill-timed, inopportune ἑκουϲίωϲ (adv.) willingly Μυκαληϲϲόϲ, -ου̂, ἡ Mycalessus (small town in Boeotia) ἱερόν, -ου̂, τό temple εἴων impf. of ἐάω, allow ἑξη̂ϲ (adv.) one after another προϲέτι (adv.) in addition ἔμθυχοϲ, -ον living ὁμοίωϲ (adv.) in the same way as (+ dat.) φονικόϲ, -ή, -όν murderous διδαϲκαλει̂ον, -ου, τό school ἀδόκητοϲ, -ον unexpected Βυζάντιον, -ου, τό Byzantium ἔπλευϲε aor. of πλέω, sail φοβέω terrify Βυζάντιοϲ, -ου, ὁ Byzantian ἔνιοι, -αι, -α some χωρέω ὁμόϲε come to close quarters, join battle αἰχμάλωτοϲ, -ου, ὁ prisoner |