Herodotus Quiz 1 (Sections 1-14)


Submit by 10:30am Tuesday 25 September


Directions:
1. FILL IN YOUR NAME
2. Translate the passages into as close to idiomatic English as you can get while still remaining fairly literal.
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PART I: TRANSLATIONS (90%)
(22.5 points each)

1.
e)pi\ tou/twn a)rxo/ntwn e)k tou~ ou)ranou~
ferome/na xru/sea poih/mata, a)/rotro/n te kai\
zugo/n kai\ sa/garin kai\ fia/lhn, pesei~n e)j th\n
Skuqikh/n: kai\ tw~n i)do/nta prw~ton to\n
presbu/taton a]sson i)e/nai boulo/menon au)ta\
labei~n, to\n de\ xruso/n e)pio/ntoj kai/esqai.
a)pallaxqe/ntoj de\ tou/tou prosie/nai to\n
deu/teron, kai\ to\n au]tij tau)ta\ poie/ein. tou\j
me\n dh\ kaio/menon to\n xruso\n a)pw/sasqai.


2.
to\n me\n dh\ ei)ru/santa tw~n to/cwn to\ e#teron--
du/o ga\r dh\ fore/ein te/wj (Hrakle/a--kai\ to\n
zwsth~ra prode/canta, paradou~nai to\ to/con
te kai\ to\n zwsth~ra e)/xonta e)p' a)/krhj th~j
sumbolh~j fia/lhn xruse/hn, do/nta de\
a)palla/ssesqai. th\n d', e)pei\ oi( genome/nouj
tou\j pai~daj a)ndrwqh~nai, tou~to me\n sfi
ou)no/mata qe/sqai, tw~| me\n )Aga/qurson au)tw~n,
tw~| d' e(pome/nw| Gelwno/n, Sku/qhn de\ tw~|
newta/tw|, tou~to de\ th~j e)pistolh~j memnhme/nhn
au)th\n poih~sai ta/ e)ntetalme/na.


3.
tou\j de\ Kimmeri/ouj e)pio/ntwn Skuqe/wn
bouleu/esqai w(j stratou~ e)pio/ntoj mega/lou,
kai\ dh\ ta\j gnw/maj sfe/wn kexwrisme/naj,
e)nto/nouj me\n a)mfote/raj, a)mei/nw de\ th\n tw~n
basile/wn: th\n me\n ga\r dh\ tou~ dh/mou fe/rein
gnw/mhn w(j a)palla/ssesqai prh~gma ei)/h mhde\
pro\ spodou~ me/nontaj kinduneu/ein, th\n de\ tw~n
basile/wn diama/xesqai peri\ th~j xw/rhj toi~si
e)piou~si.


4.
ta\ de\ katu/perqe pro\j bore/hn le/gousi a)/nemon
tw~n u(peroi/kwn th~j xw/rhj ou)k oi[a\ te ei]nai
e)/ti proswte/rw ou)/te o(ra~n ou)/te diecie/nai u(po\
pterw~n kexume/nwn: pterw~n ga\r kai\ th/n gh~n
kai\ to\n h)e/ra ei]nai ple/on, kai\ tau~ta ei]nai ta\
a)poklhi/onta th\n o)/yin.


Part II: Questions

1. Name the legendary founder of the Scythians according to the Scythians themselves:

2. Name his three sons, in order of their birth:

3. Identify the tribes associated with each of the sons, in order of their births:

4. What was the name the Scythians gave to themselves?

5. Name the three sons of Herakles and the snake-woman, in order of their birth, and star (*) the one who drew the bow properly.

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