Vocabulary
Define ἰέναι.
Define εἶναι.
ἰέναι = "to go"
εἶναι = "to be"
γ + σ = ?
ξ
What is the nominative form of the 1st person singular reflexive pronoun?
Reflexive pronouns do not have a nominative form.
ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπαίρομεν.
"We lift ourselves." or "We get up."
What two poems did Homer write?
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Distinguish the meanings of αἴρω and αἱρέω.
αἴρω means "I lift."
αἱρέω means "I take."
accusative plural ending?
ας
Translate ὑμᾶς αὐτοῦς.
"yourselves"
ἡ παῖς ἑαυτὴν ἐπαίρει.
"The girl/daughter/child lifts herself."
or
"The girl/daughter/child gets up."
Why does Achilles reenter the battle?
To avenge the death of his friend Patroclus.
Distinguish in meaning between τίς, τί and τις, τι. Include in your answer the type of pronoun/adjective each term is.
τίς, τί is an interrogative pronoun/adjective translated as "who? what? which?"
τις, τι is an indefinite pronoun/adjective translated as "a, an, some, anyone, anything, someone, something."
Case and number of the ending -α?
(Give all possible answers.)
acc. sg. (masc./fem.)
nom./acc./voc. pl. (neut.)
Translate ἑαυτῆς.
"of herself"
ὁ παῖς τὸν τοῦ πατρὸς κύνα ὁρᾷ ἀλλ' οὐχ ὁρᾷ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ.
"The boy/son/child sees his father's dog (the dog of his father) but [he] does not see his own [dog] (the dog of himself)."
Give the names of Odysseus's wife and son.
Penelope and Telemachus
Spell the Greek word which means "I prepare."
pi, alpha, rho, alpha, sigma, kappa, epsilon, upsilon, alpha, zeta, omega
παρασκευάζω
Give the dative plural of ὄνομα.
ὀνόμασιν
Give two reflexive pronoun forms which would both translate as "to yourself."
σεαυτῷ
σεαυτῇ
μὴ εἴσιτε εἰς τὸ ἄντρον, ὦ φίλοι· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς εἰς μέγιστον κίνδῡνον ἄγετε.
Don't go into the cave, friends; for you yourselves are leading yourselves into very great danger.
How long does Penelope wait for the return of Odysseus? On what island is she waiting?
20 years
Ithaca
Give the four vocabulary words (in Greek, nominative suffices) which are proper nouns with a connection to the Trojan War.
ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων
οἱ Ἀχαιοί
ὁ Ὀδυσσεύς
ἡ Τροίᾱ
Describe where the accent should go and why on the genitive singular of παῖς.
An acute accent is placed on the ultima (παιδός). By rule, because παῖς, παιδός has a monosyllabic stem, the accent shifts to the ultima in the genitive and dative cases.
Give the 3rd person singular, neuter, accusative reflexive pronoun.
ἑαυτό
καπνὸν ὁρῶσι καὶ φθόγγον ἀκούουσι προβάτων τε καὶ αἰγῶν, τῇ οὖν ὑστεραίᾳ ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς τοὺς ἑταίρους κελεύει εἰς τὴν ναῦν εἰσβαίνειν.
"They see smoke and they hear the sound of both sheep and goats, so on the next day Odysseus orders/tells his companions to go into (board) the ship."
When was The Iliad likely composed?
Between 750 and 700 B.C.