Question 1

Ἐυ: ὀρθὴν κελεύεις, ᾗ τὸ δένδρον φαίνεται;
Πι: διαρραγείης: ἥδε δ᾽ αὖ κρώζει πάλιν.

Accepted Answer

Eu: Do you order me to go straight, to where the tree appear?
Pi: Curse you! This one (crow), in turn, croaks to go back.

Question 2

Ἑυ: τί ὦ πόνηρ᾽ ἄνω κάτω πλανύττομεν;
ἀπολούμεθ᾽ ἄλλως τὴν ὁδὸν προφορουμένω.

Accepted Answer

Eu: Why, o' wretch, are we wandering to and fro? We shall perish at random, running along this way.

Question 3

Πι: τὸ δ᾽ ἐμὲ κορώνῃ πειθόμενον τὸν ἄθλιον
ὁδοῦ περιελθεῖν στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια.

Accepted Answer

Pe: To think that I, wretched as I am, am being persuaded by a crow to go around travelling over a thousand stades.

Question 4

Ευ: τὸ δ᾽ ἐμὲ κολοιῷ πειθόμενον τὸν δύσμορον
ἀποσποδῆσαι τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων.

Accepted Answer

Eu: To think that I, ill-fated, am being persuaded to wear away the nails of my toes.

Question 5

Πε: ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὅπου γῆς ἐσμὲν οἶδ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἔτι.
ἐντευθενὶ τὴν πατρίδ᾽ ἂν ἐξεύροις σύ που;

Accepted Answer

Pe: But I no longer no where on earth we are. I don't suppose you could find the fatherland from here?

Question 6

Ευ: οὐδ᾽ ἂν μὰ Δία γ᾽ ἐντεῦθεν Ἐξηκεστίδης.
Πε: οἴμοι.
Ευ: σὺ μὲν ὦ τᾶν τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην ἴθι.

Accepted Answer

Eu: By Zeus, not even Exestides could find his way from here.
Pe: Oh no!
Eu: You, my friend, must go this way.

Question 7

Πε: ἦ δεινὰ νὼ δέδρακεν οὑκ τῶν ὀρνέων,
ὁ πινακοπώλης φιλοκράτης μελαγχολῶν,
ὃς τώδ᾽ ἔφασκε νῷν φράσειν τὸν Τηρέα
τὸν ἔποφ᾽ ὃς ὄρνις ἐγένετ᾽ ἐκ τῶν ὀρνέων,

Accepted Answer

Pe: He has done a terrible thing to us both, that one from the bird market, the crazy poultry-seller Philocrates, who said that these two birds would show us the way to Tereus, the hoopoe who became a bird from the bird market,

Question 8

κἀπέδοτο τὸν μὲν Θαρρελείδου τουτονὶ
κολοιὸν ὀβολοῦ, τηνδεδὶ τριωβόλου.
τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ᾔστην οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν δάκνειν.

Accepted Answer

he sold us this Jackdaw, son of Tharreleiades, for an obol, and this other one for three obols. But these two know nothing more than to peck.

Question 9

καὶ νῦν τί κέχηνας; ἔσθ᾽ ὅποι κατὰ τῶν πετρῶν
ἡμᾶς ἔτ᾽ ἔξεις. οὐ γάρ ἐστ᾽ ἐνταῦθά τις
ὁδός.

Accepted Answer

And why are you gaping now? Are you going to lead us right into these cliffs? For there is no way there.

Question 10

Ἐυ: οὐδὲ μὰ Δί᾽ ἐνταῦθά γ᾽ ἀτραπὸς οὐδαμοῦ.
Πε: ἡδ' ἡ κορώνη τῆς ὁδοῦ τι λέγει πέρι.
οὐ ταὐτὰ κρώζει μὰ Δία νῦν τε καὶ τότε.

Accepted Answer

Eu: By Zeus, there's no path here either.
Pe: This crow is saying something about the path.
By Zeus, it says the same things now as it did then.

Question 11

Ἐυ: τί δὴ λέγει περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ;
Πε: τί δ᾽ ἄλλο γ᾽ ἢ
βρύκουσ᾽ ἀπέδεσθαί φησί μου τοὺς δακτύλους;

Accepted Answer

Eu: What is it saying about the path?
Pe: What else, other than that it is saying it will eat away me fingers by gnawing on them?

A-Level Greek

Birds: Lines 1-26

Term	Definition
Ἐυ: ὀρθὴν κελεύεις, ᾗ τὸ δένδρον φαίνεται; Πι: διαρραγείης: ἥδε δ᾽ αὖ κρώζει πάλιν.	Eu: Do you order me to go straight, to where the tree appear? Pi: Curse you! This one (crow), in turn, croaks to go back.
Ἑυ: τί ὦ πόνηρ᾽ ἄνω κάτω πλανύττομεν; ἀπολούμεθ᾽ ἄλλως τὴν ὁδὸν προφορουμένω.	Eu: Why, o' wretch, are we wandering to and fro? We shall perish at random, running along this way.
Πι: τὸ δ᾽ ἐμὲ κορώνῃ πειθόμενον τὸν ἄθλιον ὁδοῦ περιελθεῖν στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια.	Pe: To think that I, wretched as I am, am being persuaded by a crow to go around travelling over a thousand stades.
Ευ: τὸ δ᾽ ἐμὲ κολοιῷ πειθόμενον τὸν δύσμορον ἀποσποδῆσαι τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων.	Eu: To think that I, ill-fated, am being persuaded to wear away the nails of my toes.
Πε: ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὅπου γῆς ἐσμὲν οἶδ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἔτι. ἐντευθενὶ τὴν πατρίδ᾽ ἂν ἐξεύροις σύ που;	Pe: But I no longer no where on earth we are. I don't suppose you could find the fatherland from here?
Ευ: οὐδ᾽ ἂν μὰ Δία γ᾽ ἐντεῦθεν Ἐξηκεστίδης. Πε: οἴμοι. Ευ: σὺ μὲν ὦ τᾶν τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην ἴθι.	Eu: By Zeus, not even Exestides could find his way from here. Pe: Oh no! Eu: You, my friend, must go this way.
Πε: ἦ δεινὰ νὼ δέδρακεν οὑκ τῶν ὀρνέων, ὁ πινακοπώλης φιλοκράτης μελαγχολῶν, ὃς τώδ᾽ ἔφασκε νῷν φράσειν τὸν Τηρέα τὸν ἔποφ᾽ ὃς ὄρνις ἐγένετ᾽ ἐκ τῶν ὀρνέων,	Pe: He has done a terrible thing to us both, that one from the bird market, the crazy poultry-seller Philocrates, who said that these two birds would show us the way to Tereus, the hoopoe who became a bird from the bird market,
κἀπέδοτο τὸν μὲν Θαρρελείδου τουτονὶ κολοιὸν ὀβολοῦ, τηνδεδὶ τριωβόλου. τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ᾔστην οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν δάκνειν.	he sold us this Jackdaw, son of Tharreleiades, for an obol, and this other one for three obols. But these two know nothing more than to peck.
καὶ νῦν τί κέχηνας; ἔσθ᾽ ὅποι κατὰ τῶν πετρῶν ἡμᾶς ἔτ᾽ ἔξεις. οὐ γάρ ἐστ᾽ ἐνταῦθά τις ὁδός.	And why are you gaping now? Are you going to lead us right into these cliffs? For there is no way there.
Ἐυ: οὐδὲ μὰ Δί᾽ ἐνταῦθά γ᾽ ἀτραπὸς οὐδαμοῦ. Πε: ἡδ' ἡ κορώνη τῆς ὁδοῦ τι λέγει πέρι. οὐ ταὐτὰ κρώζει μὰ Δία νῦν τε καὶ τότε.	Eu: By Zeus, there's no path here either. Pe: This crow is saying something about the path. By Zeus, it says the same things now as it did then.
Ἐυ: τί δὴ λέγει περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ; Πε: τί δ᾽ ἄλλο γ᾽ ἢ βρύκουσ᾽ ἀπέδεσθαί φησί μου τοὺς δακτύλους;	Eu: What is it saying about the path? Pe: What else, other than that it is saying it will eat away me fingers by gnawing on them?

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