Question 1

Πε: τί δ’ ἄλλο γ’ ἢ	
βρύκουσ’ ἀπέδεσθαί φησί µου τοὺς δακτύλους;

Accepted Answer

Pe: What else, other than that it is saying it will eat away my fingers by gnawing them?

Question 2

Ἐυ: οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτ’ ἐστὶν ἡµᾶς δεοµένους
ἐς κόρακας ἐλθεῖν καὶ παρεσκευασµένους
ἔπειτα µὴ ’ξευρεῖν δύνασθαι τὴν ὁδόν;

Accepted Answer

Eu: Isn't it terrible that we need to and are preparing to go to the ravens, whilst we are unable to find the way?

Question 3

ἡµεῖς γάρ, ὦνδρες οἱ παρόντες ἐν λόγῳ,
νόσον νοσοῦµεν τὴν ἐναντίαν Σάκᾳ·
ὁ µὲν γὰρ ὢν οὐκ ἀστὸς εἰσβιάζεται,

Accepted Answer

For we, o' men present in the conversation, are ailing an ailment which is the opposite of Sakas'; for he, who isn't a citizen, is forcing his way in,

Question 4

ἡµεῖς δὲ φυλῇ καὶ γένει τιµώµενοι,
ἀστοὶ µετ’ ἀστῶν, οὐ σοβοῦντος οὐδενός,
ἀνεπτόµεσθ’ ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος ἀµφοῖν ποδοῖν,

Accepted Answer

but we, honoured in a tribe and clan, citizens among citizens, with nobody scaring us away, are flying away from the fatherland with both of our feet,

Question 5

αὐτὴν µὲν οὐ µισοῦντ’ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν
τὸ µὴ οὐ µεγάλην εἶναι φύσει κεὐδαίµονα
καὶ πᾶσι κοινὴν ἐναποτεῖσαι χρήµατα.

Accepted Answer

not hating that city itself or refusing to admit that it is great or happy by nature and open to all in paying fines of money.

Question 6

οἱ µὲν γὰρ οὖν τέττιγες ἕνα µῆν’ ἢ δύο
ἐπὶ τῶν κραδῶν ᾄδουσ’, Ἀθηναῖοι δ’ ἀεὶ	
ἐπὶ τῶν δικῶν ᾄδουσι πάντα τὸν βίον.

Accepted Answer

For the crickets chirp for one or two months in the fig trees, but the Athenians always chirp in the law-courts for all their life.

Question 7

διὰ ταῦτα τόνδε τὸν βάδον βαδίζοµεν,
κανοῦν δ’ ἔχοντε καὶ χύτραν καὶ µυρρίνας
πλανώµεθα ζητοῦντε τόπον ἀπράγµονα,
ὅποι καθιδρυθέντε διαγενοίµεθ’ ἄν.

Accepted Answer

Because of these things we walk this walk, wandering with baskets and a pot and myrtle-branches, seeking a place free from meddling,

Question 8

ὁ δὲ στόλος νῷν ἐστι παρὰ τὸν Τηρέα
τὸν ἔποπα, παρ’ ἐκείνου πυθέσθαι δεοµένω
εἴ που τοιαύτην εἶδε πόλιν ᾗ ’πέπτατο.

Accepted Answer

and our journey is to Tereus the hoopoe, needing to find out from that bird if perhaps he has seen such a place wherever he has flown.

Question 9

Πε: οὗτος.
Ἐυ: τί ἐστιν;
Πε:	 ἡ κορώνη µοι πάλαι
ἄνω τι φράζει.

Accepted Answer

Pe: Here!
Eu: What is it?
Pe: The crow has been showing me something up there for a while.

A-Level Greek

Birds: 26-50

Term	Definition
Πε: τί δ’ ἄλλο γ’ ἢ βρύκουσ’ ἀπέδεσθαί φησί µου τοὺς δακτύλους;	Pe: What else, other than that it is saying it will eat away my fingers by gnawing them?
Ἐυ: οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτ’ ἐστὶν ἡµᾶς δεοµένους ἐς κόρακας ἐλθεῖν καὶ παρεσκευασµένους ἔπειτα µὴ ’ξευρεῖν δύνασθαι τὴν ὁδόν;	Eu: Isn't it terrible that we need to and are preparing to go to the ravens, whilst we are unable to find the way?
ἡµεῖς γάρ, ὦνδρες οἱ παρόντες ἐν λόγῳ, νόσον νοσοῦµεν τὴν ἐναντίαν Σάκᾳ· ὁ µὲν γὰρ ὢν οὐκ ἀστὸς εἰσβιάζεται,	For we, o' men present in the conversation, are ailing an ailment which is the opposite of Sakas'; for he, who isn't a citizen, is forcing his way in,
ἡµεῖς δὲ φυλῇ καὶ γένει τιµώµενοι, ἀστοὶ µετ’ ἀστῶν, οὐ σοβοῦντος οὐδενός, ἀνεπτόµεσθ’ ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος ἀµφοῖν ποδοῖν,	but we, honoured in a tribe and clan, citizens among citizens, with nobody scaring us away, are flying away from the fatherland with both of our feet,
αὐτὴν µὲν οὐ µισοῦντ’ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν τὸ µὴ οὐ µεγάλην εἶναι φύσει κεὐδαίµονα καὶ πᾶσι κοινὴν ἐναποτεῖσαι χρήµατα.	not hating that city itself or refusing to admit that it is great or happy by nature and open to all in paying fines of money.
οἱ µὲν γὰρ οὖν τέττιγες ἕνα µῆν’ ἢ δύο ἐπὶ τῶν κραδῶν ᾄδουσ’, Ἀθηναῖοι δ’ ἀεὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δικῶν ᾄδουσι πάντα τὸν βίον.	For the crickets chirp for one or two months in the fig trees, but the Athenians always chirp in the law-courts for all their life.
διὰ ταῦτα τόνδε τὸν βάδον βαδίζοµεν, κανοῦν δ’ ἔχοντε καὶ χύτραν καὶ µυρρίνας πλανώµεθα ζητοῦντε τόπον ἀπράγµονα, ὅποι καθιδρυθέντε διαγενοίµεθ’ ἄν.	Because of these things we walk this walk, wandering with baskets and a pot and myrtle-branches, seeking a place free from meddling,
ὁ δὲ στόλος νῷν ἐστι παρὰ τὸν Τηρέα τὸν ἔποπα, παρ’ ἐκείνου πυθέσθαι δεοµένω εἴ που τοιαύτην εἶδε πόλιν ᾗ ’πέπτατο.	and our journey is to Tereus the hoopoe, needing to find out from that bird if perhaps he has seen such a place wherever he has flown.
Πε: οὗτος. Ἐυ: τί ἐστιν; Πε: ἡ κορώνη µοι πάλαι ἄνω τι φράζει.	Pe: Here! Eu: What is it? Pe: The crow has been showing me something up there for a while.

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