1.32 | Dickinson College Commentaries

Τότε μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐδακρύομεν, ὕστερον δὲ ἀναστήσαντες τοὺς ἑταίρους τὴν μὲν ναῦν ὑπεστηρίξαμεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ τὰ πυρεῖα συντρίψαντες καὶ ἀνακαύσαντες δεῖπνον ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ἐποιούμεθα. παρέκειτο δὲ ἄφθονα καὶ παντοδαπὰ κρέα τῶν ἰχθύων, καὶ ὕδωρ ἔτι τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Ἑωσφόρου εἴχομεν. τῇ ἐπιούσῃ δὲ διαναστάντες, εἴ ποτε ἀναχάνοι τὸ κῆτος, ἑωρῶμεν ἄλλοτε μὲν ὄρη, ἄλλοτε δὲ μόνον τὸν οὐρανόν, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ νήσους· καὶ γὰρ ᾐσθανόμεθα φερομένου αὐτοῦ ὀξέως πρὸς πᾶν μέρος τῆς θαλάττης. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤδη ἐθάδες τῇ διατριβῇ ἐγενόμεθα, λαβὼν ἑπτὰ τῶν ἑταίρων ἐβάδιζον ἐς τὴν ὕλην περισκοπήσασθαι τὰ πάντα βουλόμενος. οὔπω δὲ πέντε ὅλους διελθὼν σταδίους εὗρον ἱερὸν Ποσειδῶνος, ὡς ἐδήλου ἡ ἐπιγραφή, καὶ μετ᾽ οὐ πολὺ καὶ τάφους πολλοὺς καὶ στήλας ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν πλησίον τε πηγὴν ὕδατος διαυγοῦς, ἔτι δὲ καὶ κυνὸς ὑλακὴν ἠκούομεν καὶ καπνὸς ἐφαίνετο πόρρωθεν καί τινα καὶ ἔπαυλιν εἰκάζομεν.

notes

ἐπὶ πολύ: "for a long time."

ἀναστήσαντες: aor. part. act. of ἀνίστημι, "raising up (our comrades)."

ὑπεστηρίξαμεν: aor. 1 pl. of ὑποστηρίζω, "we shored up."

συντρίψαντες: aor. part. of συντρίβω, "having rubbed together."

εἴχομεν: impf. of ἔχω, "we had."

τῇ ἐπιούσῃ (sc. ἡμέρᾳ): "on the next day," (G. 527c; S. 1540).

διαναστάντες: aor. part. intrans. of διανίστημι, "arising."

εἴ ποτε ἀναχάνοι: "if ever (the sea-monster) opened its mouth" (S. 2340). Jerram ad loc. suggests that the optative denotes frequency (cf. G. 651).

ἑωρῶμεν: impf. "we saw."

ᾐσθανόμεθα: impf. of αἰσθάνομαι, "we perceived (+ gen.)."

φερομένου: pres. mid. part., "moving" (lit. "carrying itself)."

ἕπτα τῶν ἑταίρων: "seven of my comrades" (S. 1317).

περισκοπήσασθαι: aor. mid. infin. of περισκοπέω, "to investigate."

διελθών: aor. part. of διέρχομαι, "having gone through."

εὗρον (=ηὗρον): aor. of εὑρίσκω, "I found."

καὶ μετ᾿οὐ πολύ: "and not far away" (lit. "and after not much space") (S. 1189). The phrase could also be temporal and mean "and not much later."

καί τινα καὶ ἔπαυλιν εἰκάζομεν: "and we conjectured (that there was) some farmhouse too."

vocabulary

VERB LIST

δακρύω: weep, shed tears

ἀνίστημι: raise up, rouse

ἑταῖρος, ὁ: a comrade, companion

ὑποστηρίζω: shore up, drag (a boat) to shore

πυρεῖα, τά: firesticks

συντρίβω: rub together

ἀνακαίω: kindle, light up

δεῖπνον, τό: dinner

παρόντα, τά: the things ready to hand, available materials

παράκειμαι: be at hand, be available

ἄφθονος, -ον: plentiful

παντοδαπός, -ή, -όν: of all sorts

κρέας, τό: flesh, meat

ἰχθύς, -ύος, ὁ: a fish

Ἑωσφόρος, ὁ: Morning Star

ἐπιών, -ιοῦσα, -ιόν: (part. from ἔπειμι) following, succeeding

διανίσταμαι: arise

ἀναχάσκω: open the mouth, gape wide

κῆτος, -ους, τό: a sea-monster, huge fish

ἄλλοτε...ἄλλοτε: at one time...at another time

ὀξέως: swiftly

ἐθάς, -άδος, ὁ/ἡ: accustomed to, acclimated to (+ dat.)

διατριβή, ἡ: a way of spending time, way of life

βαδίζω: go slowly, walk

ὕλη, ἡ: a forest

περισκοπέω: look round at, observe carefully

οὔπω: not yet

διέρχομαι: go through, pass through

ἱερόν, τό: a temple

Ποσειδῶν, -ῶνος, ὁ: Poseidon

ἐπιγραφή, ἡ: an inscription

τάφος, ὁ: a grave

στήλη, ἡ: a block of stone, marker, monument

πλησίον: nearby

πηγή, ἡ: running waters, streams

διαυγής, -ές: transparent, clear

κύων, κυνός, ὁ/ἡ: a dog

ὑλακή, ἡ: a barking, howling

καπνός, ὁ: smoke

πόρρωθεν: from afar

ἔπαυλος, ὁ: a farmhouse

εἰκάζω: conjecture, make a guess about

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