Assignment for Friday, 11-18-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday, November 18, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "His ostensible purpose" (p. 54) and "The rendezvous at Sardis" (pp. 54–5, down to ...κατάγαγοι οἴκαδε, line 15) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• p. 54, line 23: παραγγέλει...ἥκειν: works like κελεύει would (Gr. 5, #36, p. 28).

• line 23: ὅσον: Note the spelling (that's not a final iota, that's a nu: old plates) and see the editors' commentary.

• p. 55, line 3: προειστήκει: indicative pluperfect active 3rd sing of προ-ἵστημι (Gr. 46); see commentary for the temporal nuances.

• lines 10–1: ὑποσχόμενος...μή...πάυσασθαι: the subject of  μή...πάυσασθαι is Cyrus, whom ὑποσχόμενος modifies: "promising that he (Cyrus) would not stop..."

• line 14: πρὶν...καταγάγοι: "before restoring," "until he restored" (Gr. 43, #253, p. 316).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 11-16-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday, November 16, please do the following:

(1) Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz 8 by studying the list in Groton, Lesson 37.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Preparations in the Chersonese" (p. 53) and "Preparations in Thessaly" (p. 54) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• p. 54, lines 7–8: πρὶν ἄν...συμβουλεύσηται: "before consulting," "until he consulted"; see your editors' notes on this construction, as well as Gr. 43, #253.i (p. 316).

DC

Assigment for Sunday, 11-13-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, November 13, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 37, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Conditional statements and their kinds  (#224–6, pp. 263–5); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 37 (#227, pp. 265–6).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#228, p. 267).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 11-11-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday, November 11, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate from the middle of page 52, line 18, to page 53 (still book 1.1), line 11 (ending in ...ἐτύγχανεν ἔχων), in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• line 20: δεδομέναι: from δίδωμι, a special class of verbs called μι-verbs (Gr. 47); this is the perfect passive participle.

• line 20: ἀφειστήκεσαν: from ἀφ-ίστημι, a special class of verbs called μι-verbs (Gr. 47); this is the indicative pluperfect active.

• line 23: ἀποστῆναι: second aorist active infinitive of ἀφ-ίστημι.

• line 4: δοθῆναι: first aorist passive infinitive of δίδωμι.

• line 10: ὧν = the relative pronoun ἅς, attracted into the case of the antecedent, πόλεμων (Gr. 50, #290, pp. 372–3).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 11-09-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

On Wednesday, November 9, we'll continue our reading of Xenophon's Anabasis. In preparation, please do the following:

(1) Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz 7 by studying the lists in Groton, Lessons 35 and 36.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate most of page 52 (book 1.1) down to lines 17–18 (ending in ...ταῖς πόλεσι) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• line 2: ὅπως = "that" after βουλεύεται.

• lines 2–3: ἢν δύναται: ἢν = εἰ + ἄν; δύναται you should recognize as subjunctive. See Gr. 37, #225.C.1 (p. 264 for this kind of if-clause (or conditional statement).

• line 6: διατιθηεῖς: from δια-τίθημι, a special class of verbs called μι-verbs (Gr. 47); this, contrary to appearances, is the aorist active participle.

• line 9: εἵησαν: present optative of εἰμί (as shown in #220, p. 258); here, with ὡς ("in order that...") after ἐπεμελεῖτο, it indicates the purpose (Gr. 39) for which Cyrus took heed of the foreigners.

• line 10: ὡς μάλιστα: ὡς plus the superlative adverb μάλιστα = "as much as possible" (Gr. 32, #200, p. 222).

• line 11: ὅπως ὅτι: with the optative λάβοι, like the ὡς in line 9.

• line 16: ὅτι plus a superlative adjective: see previous note and Groton reference.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 11-06-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, November 6, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 36, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The Optative Mood  (#219–20, pp. 253–8);
• Independent Uses of the Optative (#221, p. 259); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 36 (#222, pp. 259–60).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#223, p. 260).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 11-04-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday morning, November 4, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 35, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The Subjunctive Mood (#214–15, pp. 233–7);
• Independent Uses of the Subjuinctive (#216, pp. 247–8); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 35 (#217, pp. 248–9).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#218, p. 249).

DC