Question 1

εἰ ἐτεόν γ᾽ ἐμός ἐσσι καὶ αἵματος ἡμετέροιο,
μή τις ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος ἀκουσάτω ἔνδον ἐόντος,

Accepted Answer

If you are truly mine and are of our blood, then let no-one hear of Odysseus being inside,

Question 2

μήτ᾽ οὖν Λαέρτης ἴστω τό γε μήτε συβώτης
μήτε τις οἰκήων μήτ᾽ αὐτὴ Πηνελόπεια,
ἀλλ᾽ οἶοι σύ τ᾽ ἐγώ τε γυναικῶν γνώομεν ἰθύν:

Accepted Answer

Let neither Laertes know the fact, not the swineherd, nor any of the servants and not even Penelope herself, but both you and I alone will ascertain the attitude of the women:

Question 3

καί κέ τεο δμώων ἀνδρῶν ἔτι πειρηθεῖμεν,
ἠμὲν ὅπου τις νῶϊ τίει καὶ δείδιε θυμῷ,
ἠδ᾽ ὅτις οὐκ ἀλέγει, σὲ δ᾽ ἀτιμᾷ τοῖον ἐόντα.'

Accepted Answer

And so that we might still make a trial of one of the male servants, to see who honours and fears us in his heart, and who doesn't care, and dishonours you being such.'

Question 4

τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσεφώνεε φαίδιμος υἱός
‘ὦ πάτερ, ἦ τοι ἐμὸν θυμὸν καὶ ἔπειτά γ᾽, ὀΐω,
γνώσεαι: οὐ μὲν γάρ τι χαλιφροσύναι γέ μ᾽ ἔχουσιν:

Accepted Answer

And, replying, the radiant son addressed him: "O' father, indeed you will know, I think, my heart and mind: for thoughtlessness does not hold me at all:

Question 5

ἀλλ᾽ οὔ τοι τόδε κέρδος ἐγὼν ἔσσεσθαι ὀΐω
ἡμῖν ἀμφοτέροισι: σὲ δὲ φράζεσθαι ἄνωγα.

Accepted Answer

But indeed I think that this plan won't be profitable for both us: and I urge you to reconsider.

Question 6

δηθὰ γὰρ αὔτως εἴσῃ ἑκάστου πειρητίζων,
ἔργα μετερχόμενος: τοὶ δ᾽ ἐν μεγάροισιν ἕκηλοι
χρήματα δαρδάπτουσιν ὑπέρβιον οὐδ᾽ ἔπι φειδώ.

Accepted Answer

For you will go in this manner, making trial of each man, for a long time, visiting the farms: but the men at ease in your palace are devouring your possessions insolently and without restraint.

Question 7

ἀλλ᾽ ἦ τοί σε γυναῖκας ἐγὼ δεδάασθαι ἄνωγα,
αἵ τέ σ᾽ ἀτιμάζουσι καὶ αἳ νηλείτιδές εἰσιν:

Accepted Answer

But indeed I urge you to learn about the women, they who both dishonour you and are guiltless:

Question 8

ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ γε κατὰ σταθμοὺς ἐθέλοιμι
ἡμέας πειράζειν, ἀλλ᾽ ὕστερα ταῦτα πένεσθαι,
εἰ ἐτεόν γέ τι οἶσθα Διὸς τέρας αἰγιόχοιο.'

Accepted Answer

But I would not want us to make a trial of the men throughout the farmsteads, but to toil about these matters later, if you truly know any omens of aegis-bearing Zeus."

Question 9

ὣς οἱ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον,
ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ Ἰθάκηνδε κατήγετο νηῦς εὐεργής,
ἣ φέρε Τηλέμαχον Πυλόθεν καὶ πάντας ἑταίρους.

Accepted Answer

So they spoke to each other about such things, and then the well-built ship was brought to Ithaca, the one which had brought Telemachus and all his companions from Pylos.

Question 10

οἱ δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος πολυβενθέος ἐντὸς ἵκοντο,
νῆα μὲν οἵ γε μέλαιναν ἐπ᾽ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν,

Accepted Answer

And when indeed they arrived inside the deep harbour, they drew up the black ship onto the shore,

A-Level Greek

Odyssey 16: Lines 301-325

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