Additional Reading Unit 4

Unit 4

1 Crocodile hunting in ancient Egypt

Herodotus had visited Egypt and the following is an adaptation taken from his description of the country which he gives in his History (cf. 5.2.21).

�grai d� t�n krokod�lvn polla� �!an ka� panto�ai, �ll� m�an (one) m�non gr�fv: n�ton m�n �eion �del�azon o� yhreuta� per� �gki!tron ka� �ballon e�! t�n potam�n, xo�ron d� zv�n �p� t�! to� potamo� �xyh! e�x�n te ka� �tupton. � m�n o�n krok�dilo! t�! fvn�! �koue ka� �trexe, t� d� n�ton h�ri!ke ka� �!yien: o� d� yhreuta� e�lkon e�! t�n g�n, ka� pr�ton m�n phl� (with mud) e�y�! �leifon a�to� to�! �fyalmo�!, �peita d� �neu p�nou t� loip� �pratton.

2 Cyrus' deathbed speech to his sons and friends

An adaptation from Xenophon's biography of Cyrus (cf. 9.2.12).

� u�o� ka� f�loi, �mo� m�n to� b�ou � teleut� p�re!tin: �k poll�n !af�! gign�!kv: �m�! d� de� met� t�n y�naton �! per� �lb�ou �mo� ka� l�gein ka� pr�ttein p�nta (everything). �g� g�r o� m�non �te paid�on � �ll� ka� nean�a! ka� �n�r (man), t� kal� �e� e�xon. ka� n�n d�l�n �!tin �ti o� m�n f�loi di� �mo� �le�yero� e�!in, o� d� pol�mioi do�loi. ka� t�n g�n �m�n � (which) pr�!yen mikr� �n, �n t� �A!�& kur�an poll�n katale�pv. n�n d� �ny�de katale�pv m�n �m�!, � u�o�, katale�pv d� ka� to�! f�lou!. �!te p�! o� dika�v! �gay�n �xou!i mn�mhn �mo� o� �nyrvpoi;

3 Pharnabazus reminds Agesilaus of his services to Sparta

An adaptation from Xenophon's continuation of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian war (cf. 7.2.12).

�pe� d� � �Agh!�lao! �ken, � Farn�bazo! a�t� �lejen: � �Agh!�lae ka� �ta�roi, �g� �m�n, �te to�! �Ayhna�oi! pol�mioi �te, f�lo! ka� !�mmaxo! �, ka� t� m�n nautik� �m�n �rg�rion �feron, �n d� t� g� mey� �m�n e�! t�n y�lattan �d�vja to�! polem�ou!. ka� n�n m�la m�n kak�! p�!xv di� �m�!, !�ton d� �n t� x�r& mou o�k �xv. pr�teron m�n g�r o�k�a! kal�! ka� parade�!ou! ka� d�ndrvn ka� yhr�vn me!to�! e�xon, n�n d� p�nta (everything) �k�cate �me�! ka� �ka�!ate.

�gra, -a!, � way of catching

panto�o!, -a, -on of all kinds

n�ton, -ou, t� back, chine (of an animal)

dele�zv set as bait

yhreut�!, -o�, � hunter

�gki!tron, -ou, t� hook

xo�ro!, -ou, � pig

�xyh, -h!, � bank (of a river)

�lkv (augment e�-) drag

�le�fv smear

�A!�a, -a!, � Asia

k�rio!, -a, -on having control over (+ gen.)

�Agh!�lao!, -ou, � Agesilaus (Spartan king)

Farn�bazo!, -ou, � Pharnabazus (Persian noble)

par�dei!o!, -ou, � park

me!t�!, -�, -�n full of (+ gen.)

k�ptv (aor. �koca) cut down, lay waste

ka�v (aor. �kau!a) burn

(c) Gavin Betts, Alan Henry 2001