A Reading Course in Homeric Greek, Book 2

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LESSON XVII vi



  1. MEMORIZE


ἐδωδή, -ῆς [f.] food
ἐκτός [adv.] outside
ἔλαιον, -ου [n.] olive oil
ἐσθής, ἐσθῆτος [f.] clothing
ἐΰξεστος, (-η), -ον well-polished, well-planed
[epithet of the products of a carpenter]
ζεύγνῡμι, ζεύξω, ζεῦξα I yoke
ἡνία, -ων [n. pl.] reins
κίω, — , κίον I go
χρῡ ́σε(ι)ος, -η, -ον of gold


  1. TEXT Od. 6. 71-84


ὣς εἰπὼν δμώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο, τοὶ δ’ ἐπίθοντο.
οἱ μὲν ἄρ’ ἐκτὸς ἄμαξαν ἐΰτροχον ἡμιονείην
ὅπλεον ἡμιόνους θ’ ὕπαγον ζεῦξάν θ’ ὑπ’ ἀπήνῃ·
κούρη δ’ ἐκ θαλάμοιο φέρεν ἐσθῆτα φαεινήν.
καὶ τὴν μὲν κατέθηκεν ἐϋξέστῳ ἐπ’ ἀπήνῃ· 75
μήτηρ δ’ ἐν κίστῃ ἐτίθει μενοεικέ’ ἐδωδὴν
παντοίην, ἐν δ’ ὄψα τίθει, ἐν δ’ οἶνον ἔχευεν
ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ· κούρη δ’ ἐπεβήσετ’ ἀπήνης.
δῶκεν δὲ χρυσέῃ ἐν ληκύθῳ ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον,
εἷος χυτλώσαιτο σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισι γυναιξίν. 80
ἡ δ’ ἔλαβεν μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία σιγαλόεντα,
μάστιξεν δ’ ἐλάαν· καναχὴ δ’ ἦν ἡμιόνοιϊν·
αἱ δ’ ἄμοτον τανύοντο, φέρον δ’ ἐσθῆτα καὶ αὐτήν,
οὐκ οἴην· ἅμα τῇ γε καὶ ἀμφίπολοι κίον ἄλλαι.

αἴγειος, -η, -ον of a goat or goatskin
ἄμοτον [adv.] eagerly
ἐΰτροχος, -ον well-wheeled
ἡμιόνειος, -η, -ον of mules, mule-drawn
καναχή, ῆς [f.] rattle, clang
κίστη, -ης box, chest
λήκυθος, -ου [f.] oil-flask
μαστίζω, — , μάστιξα I whip

μάστιξ, -ῑγος [f.] whip
μενοεικής, -ές satisfying
ὁπλέω I prepare
ὄψον, -ου [n.] a relish [i.e., olives, cheese, onions,
meats, fish]
τανύω I stretch
ὑπ-άγω I lead under (the yoke)
χυτλόω, χυτλώσω, χύτλωσα I anoint
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