Additional Reading Unit 8

Unit 8

1 prof�!ev! de�tai m�non � ponhr�a.

2 t�pvn metabola� o�te fr�nh!in did�!kou!in o�te �fro!�nhn �fairo�ntai.

3# �n�r g�r �ndra ka� p�li! !�zei p�lin.

4# kak�! �p� �rx�! g�gnetai kak�n t�lo!.

5# �ndr�! xarakt�r �k l�gou gnvr�zetai.

6 �lloi m�n !pe�rou!in, �lloi d� �m�!ontai.

7# "Erv! g�r �ndra! o� m�nou! �p�rxetai

o�d� a� guna�ka!, �ll� ka� ye�n �nv

cux�! xar�!!ei k�p� (= ka� �p�) p�nton �rxetai:

ka� t�nd� �pe�rgein o�d� � pagkrat�! !y�nei

Ze�!, �ll� �pe�kei ka� y�lvn (willingly) �gkl�netai.

8 �l�phj o� dvrodoke�tai.

9 �b�vn, �j�krou�n me, �peita d� �xle�azon: �me�! d� �gel�te, ka� o�t� �ko�ein �y�lete o�te pi!te�ein �bo�le!ye.

10# � g�r !ivp� to�! !ofo�!in �p�kri!i!.

11# t�n toi D�khn l�gou!i pa�d� e�nai xr�nou.

12# !�n mur�oi!i t� kal� g�gnetai p�noi!.

13# �xyro�! kak�! dr�n �ndr�! �go�mai m�ro!.

14# o� g�r par� krat�ra ka� yo�nhn m�non

t� xr�mat� �nyr�poi!in �don�! �xei,

�ll� �n kako�!i d�namin o� mikr�n f�rei.

15 The fate of Abradatas

A passage from Xenophon's biography of Cyrus (cf. 9.2.12).

� d� K�ro! to�! �phr�ta! �k�le!e ka�, �r� e�dete, �fh, t�n �Abrad�tan; yaum�zv g�r �ti pr�!yen m�n �y�mizen �f� �m�!, n�n d� o�damo� fa�netai. t�n o�n �phret�n ti! (one), � d�!pota, �fh, o� z�, �ll� �n t� m�x� �p�yanen �pe� �n�bale t� �rma e�! to�! A�gupt�ou!: o� d� �lloi pl�n t�n �ta�rvn a�to� �fugon, �! fa!in, �pe� t� !t�fo! e�don t� t�n A�gupt�vn. ka� n�n ge, �fh, l�getai � gun� a�to� t�n nekr�n �n t� �rmam�j� �xein ka� pro!�gein a�t�n de�ro pr�! t�n Paktvl�n potam�n. ka� to�! m�n e�no�xou! ka� to�! yer�ponta! a�to� �r�ttein fa!�n �p� l�fou y�khn t� nekr�: t�n d� guna�ka l�gou!in �! kay�zei xama�, ka� t�n kefal�n to� �ndr�! �p� to�! g�na!in �xei.

pr�fa!i!, -ev!, � excuse, pretext

fr�nh!i!, -ev!, � prudence

�fro!�nh, -h!, � imprudence, foolishness

gnvr�zv make known

�m�omai reap

xar�!!v (= -ttv) whet, stimulate

# pagkrat�!, -o�, � all-powerful

# !y�nv have power

�pe�kv yield

�gkl�nomai give way

dvrodok�v bribe

�kkro�v hiss off (the stage)

xleu�zv scoff, jeer

yo�nh, -h!, � meal, feast

�phr�th!, -ou, � staff-officer, aide

�Abrad�ta!, -ou, � Abradatas

yam�zv come often

�rma, -ato!, t� chariot

!t�fo!, -ou!, t� dense array

�rm�maja, -h!, � carriage

Paktvl�!, -o�, � Pactolus (river in Asia Minor)

e�no�xo!, -ou, � eunuch

�r�ttv dig

xama� (adv.) on the ground

(c) Gavin Betts, Alan Henry 2001