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1. ἐσχήκαμεν

2. ἐκεκελεύκη

3. ἐδεδιώχεσαν

4. πέπομφας

5. ἐπιβεβούλευκε

3. He sent Thracians (as) guards.

I translate that as:

ἔπεμψε ΘÏ￾ᾷκας ὡς φύλακες.

I use ὡς because in a previous reading lesson they give it as "as." And I looked it up in my lexicon(Liddell and Scott) and it seems to be useable for what I'm going for here.

But I'm not sure if it is right to use it here and neither if I'm using φύλαξ in the best grammatical case with it. ...

Hi! now I'm in excercise no. 294... I've been checking hardly the accents :oops: :shock:

294.
Each of the heralds have five minas.
1. οἱ δὲ κῆÏ￾υκες ἕκαστοι μνᾶς πὲντε ἔχουσιν.
Cyrus sent the old man a gold collar.
2. Ï„á¿· γέÏ￾οντι á½￾ ΚῦÏ￾ος στÏ￾επτὸν χÏ￾υσοῦν ἔπεμψε.
What does the commander intend?
3. τί á½￾ λοχαγέτης βουλευει;
For Cyrus ...

Hi,

I have just worked through exercise 248, and I understand all of it apart from one word on line 7 - einai (with a circumflex on the first iota; please forgive the lack of greek alphabet...I don't have an appropriate font installed).
Having looked at previous posts on this forum, I've established that it means 'was also', but I don't quite follow how. Is '-ai' a suffix that can be attached to any verb ...

Hi!.. now I'm working on excercise no. 284


284.
Are the other soldiers doing this?
1. οἱ ἄλλοι στÏ￾ατιώται τοῦτον ποιῦσι;
The barbarians are being wronged by the guards.
2. τοὺς δὲ βάÏ￾βαÏ￾ους οἱ φÏ￾λακες ἀδικοῦσιν.
You love these more than you love the others.
3. τοÏ￾τους μᾶλλον φιλεῖς á¼¢ τοὺς ἄλλους.
The Thracians are wronging the allies.
4. τοὺς δὲ συμάχους οἱ ΘÏ￾ᾷκες ἀδικοῦσιν.
They ask whether you were calling the bowmen.
5. á¼￾Ï￾ωτῶσιν ...

Hi you all!
I keep working hard now on excercise ·277...
I hope there're not too many errors... :oops: :oops:

He conquers the enemy.
1. τὸν πολέμιον νικᾷ.
And he honored the general with other gifts.
2. καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις δώÏ￾οις στÏ￾ατηγὸν á¼￾τίμησει.
But the soldiers were shouting to the guards to stop.
3. οἱ δὲ στÏ￾ατιώται τοὺς φÏ￾λακας ...

Hi you budies!!

:D :D I'm keeping going witth the book :P

Everything has been done by the generals
1. πεποίκασιν οἱ στÏ￾ατηγοὶ πᾶν.
All the soldiers were proceeding willingly.
2. πάντες οἱ στÏ￾ατιώται ἑκὼν ποÏ￾εÏ￾οντο.
The gifts of the satrap were all beautiful.
3. πάντα Ï„á½° τοῦ σατÏ￾άπου ...

Hi you all!

I worked today on excercise 257,
each one is more difficult: :oops: :oops:
I worked on sentence order.
I just wanna be sure If I understood well...

257.

We feel grateful with the old man.
1. Ï„á¿· γέÏ￾οντι χάÏ￾ιν ἔχομεν.
At night they ceased from battle.
2. τῇ νυκτὶ τοῦ πόλεμου κατέλειψαν.
Cyrus had twenty chariots ...

Hi you all!!
:D
I was busy this las time, but now I'm totally ready:)

here are these excercises, I have a question on the 247.1 as you will see...

237.
the messengers will proceed from the market place to the tents.
1. οἱ ἄγγελοι á¼￾ξ Ï„á½´Ï‚ ἀγοÏ￾á½°Ï‚ εἰς ταῖς σκηναῖς ποÏ￾εÏ￾σονται.
Cyrus and his staff proceed immediately to the palace.
2. ΚῦÏ￾ος καὶ οἱ αμφί ...

Hi guys, I keep going with he JWW excercises...
even when work is not leting me so much time,
these were much diffcult!
I hope them to have not to many errors.

172.
this country is hostile to Artaxerxes.
1. αὕτη ἡ á¼€Ï￾χή ΑÏ￾ταξέÏ￾ξῃν πολέμιᾱ á¼￾στι.
the soldiers have arms and horses.
2. μαχαίÏ￾ᾱς καὶ ἵππους οἱ στÏ￾ατιώται ἔχουσι.
these friends of Cyrus were soldiers.
3. οἱ τοῦ ΚὺÏ￾ου φὶλοι οὗτοι ἦσαν στÏ￾ατιώται.
For you ...