Lesson I
- MEMORIZE
ἀν-ίστημι, etc. I stand up; I cause to rise up
δῆμος, -ου [m.] people, realm
θεοειδής, -ές godlike
κάματος, -ου [m.] toil, weariness
ναίω, —, νάσσα I inhabit, I dwell
Ὀδυσ(σ)εύς, Ὀδυσ(σ)ῆος [m.] Odysseus
πολύτλας [m. adj. nom. only] much-enduring, unflinching [epithet of Odysseus]
πρίν [adv.] before, sooner; [conj. + inf. or subj.] before, until
τεῖχος, τείχεος [n.] wall
Φαίηκες, Φαιήκων [m. pl.] Phaeacians- TEXT Od. 6. 1-
Ὥς ὁ μὲν ἔνθα καθεῦδε πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς 1
ὕπνῳ καὶ καμάτῳ ἀρημένος· αὐτὰρ Ἀθήνη
βῆ ῥ’ ἐς Φαιήκων ἀνδρῶν δῆμόν τε πόλιν τε·
οἳ πρὶν μέν ποτ’ ἔναιον ἐν εὐρυχόρῳ Ὑπερείῃ,
ἀγχοῦ Κυκλώπων ἀνδρῶν ὑπερηνορεόντων, 5
οἵ σφεας σινέσκοντο, βίηφι δὲ φέρτεροι ἦσαν.
ἔνθεν ἀναστήσας ἄγε Ναυσίθοος θεοειδής,
εἷσεν δὲ Σχερίῃ, ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων,
ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἔλασσε πόλει καὶ ἐδείματο οἴκους
καὶ νηοὺς ποίησε θεῶν καὶ ἐδάσσατ’ ἀρούρας. 10ἀγχοῦ = ἄγχι [+ gen.] near
ἀλφηστής, -ου laboring for their grain [epithet of
men]
ἀρημένος, -η, -ον worn out, conquered
δατέομαι, δάσομαι, δασσάμην I divide, I apportion
δέμω, —, δεῖμα I build
εἷσεν [aor. of ἕζομαι] “settled [his people]”
ἑκάς [+ gen.] far from
εὐρύχορος, -ον spacious [epithet of lands and
cities]καθ-εύδω I sleep
Ναυσίθοος, -ου [m.] Nausithous [son of Poseidon
and father of Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians]
σινέσκοντο 3 pl. iterative of σίνομαι I despoil
Σχερίη, -ης Scheria [land of the Phaeacians]
Ὑπερείη, -ης [f.] Hyperia [the former abode of the
Phaeacians]
ὑπερηνορέων, -οντος [ptc. as adj.] arrogant
φέρτερος, -η, -ον [comp. of ἀγαθός] better, more
powerful