Question 1

δόρατα μέν νυν τοῖσι πλέοσι αὐτῶν τηνικαῦτα ἤδη ἐτύγχανε κατεηγότα, οἱ δὲ τοῖσι ξίφεσι διεργάζοντο τοὺς Πέρσας.

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So then most of their spears by this time happened to be broken, but they were killing the Persians with their swords.

Question 2

καὶ Λεωνίδης τε ἐν τούτῳ τῷ πόνῳ πίπτει ἀνὴρ γενόμενος ἄριστος, καὶ ἕτεροι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὀνομαστοὶ Σπαρτιητέων,

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And in this struggle Leonidas fell, after becoming the bravest man, and other famous Spartans fell with him,

Question 3

τῶν ἐγὼ ὡς ἀνδρῶν ἀξίων γενομένων ἐπυθόμην τὰ οὐνόματα, ἐπυθόμην δὲ καὶ ἁπάντων τῶν τριηκοσίων.

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whose names I have learnt since they became worthy men, and I have also learn the names of all the 300.

Question 4

καὶ δὴ Περσέων πίπτουσι ἐνθαῦτα ἄλλοι τε πολλοὶ καὶ ὀνομαστοί, ἐν δὲ δὴ καὶ Δαρείου δύο παῖδες...

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Many other famous Persians also fell there, and indeed in particular among them were two sons of Darius...

Question 5

English bit #1

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…Abrocomes and Hyperanthes, born to Darius by Phratagune daughter of Artanes. This Artanes was brother to king Darius, and son of Hystaspes who was the son of Arsames;

Question 6

English bit #2

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and when he gave his daughter in marriage to Darius he gave her the whole wealth of his house as dowry, since she was his only child.

Question 7

Ξέρξεώ τε δὴ δύο ἀδελφεοὶ ἐνθαῦτα πίπτουσι μαχόμενοι, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ νεκροῦ τοῦ Λεωνίδεω Περσέων τε καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ὠθισμὸς ἐγίνετο πολλός,

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So then two brothers of Xerxes fell there fighting, and a great struggle happened between the Persians and the Spartans over Leonidas' corpse,

Question 8

ἐς ὃ τοῦτόν τε ἀρετῇ οἱ Ἕλληνες ὑπεξείρυσαν καὶ ἐτρέψαντο τοὺς ἐναντίους τετράκις. τοῦτο δὲ συνεστήκεε μέχρι οὗ οἱ σὺν Ἐπιάλτῃ παρεγένοντο. ὡς δὲ τούτους ἥκειν ἐπύθοντο οἱ Ἕλληνες, ἐνθεῦτεν ἤδη ἑτεροιοῦτο τὸ νεῖκος·

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until the Greeks dragged it away by their valour and routed their enemies four times. And this struggle went on until the men with Epialtes arrived. But when the Greeks learnt that these men had come, from then on the battle was altered;

Question 9

ἔς τε γὰρ τὸ στεινὸν τῆς ὁδοῦ ἀνεχώρεον ὀπίσω καὶ παραμειψάμενοι τὸ τεῖχος ἐλθόντες ἵζοντο ἐπὶ τὸν κολωνὸν πάντες ἁλέες οἱ ἄλλοι πλὴν Θηβαίων.

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for they were retreating back to the narrow part of the way, and after they passed through the wall they came to take their position on the hill, all gathered together except for the Thebans.

Question 10

ὁ δὲ κολωνός ἐστι ἐν τῇ ἐσόδῳ, ὅκου νῦν ὁ λίθινος λέων ἕστηκε ἐπὶ Λεωνίδῃ. ἐν τούτῴ σφεας τῷ χώρῳ ἀλεξομένους μαχαίρῃσι, τοῖσι αὐτῶν ἐτύγχανον ἔτι περιεοῦσαι,

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But the hill is at the entrance of the pass where the stone lion now stands in honour of Leonidas. In this place they defended themselves with their swords, if they still happened to have them,

Question 11

καὶ χερσὶ καὶ στόμασι κατέχωσαν οἱ βάρβαροι βάλλοντες, οἱ μὲν ἐξ ἐναντίης ἐπισπόμενοι καὶ τὸ ἔρυμα τοῦ τείχεος συγχώσαντες, οἱ δὲ περιελθόντες πάντοθεν περισταδόν.

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and with their fists and teeth, but the barbarians overwhelmed them by throwing weapons at them; some attacked from the front and demolished the defence of the wall, and others went around them and surrounded them on all sides.

A-Level Greek

Histories Book 7: 224-225

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