Pharr chapter 24 question

[megas_yiannakis]

Geia sas!

just having a bit of trouble translating thing sentice from english to greek:

First let us attack the mules and swift dogs, and then hurling biting darts upon themselves, let us shoot (them).

The translation i got was:

ΠÏ￾ώτον εποιχώμε(σ)θα ουÏ￾ήας και κÏ￾νας αÏ￾γοÏ￾Ï‚, έπειτα βάλλοντας εχεπευκέα βέλεα αυτοίσιν, βαλλώμε(σ)θα.

is that correct at all?... i would also like to point out that this translation took me a while... is that bad and should i consider a very strict revision of everything covered so far?

Thank you

Yiannis

[annis]

I produced a translation of my own before taking a really close look at yours, just for comparison: Ï€Ï￾ῶτον μὲν á¼￾ποιχώμεθα οá½￾Ï￾ῆας καὶ á¼€Ï￾γοὺς κύνας, αá½￾Ï„á½°Ï￾ ἔπειτα βέλεα á¼￾χεπευκέα á¼￾φιέντες αá½￾τοῖσι βάλλωμεν.

I always stick very close to both the Iliad text and the Greek->English exercises when doing the English->greek. So I pulled in Ï€Ï￾ῶτον μέν and αá½￾Ï„á½°Ï￾ ἔπειτα straight from the Iliad, as well as the word choices, though I have mixed up the word order a bit.

The translation i got was:

ΠÏ￾ώτον εποιχώμε(σ)θα ουÏ￾ήας και κÏ￾νας αÏ￾γοÏ￾Ï‚, έπειτα βάλλοντας εχεπευκέα βέλεα αυτοίσιν, βαλλώμε(σ)θα.

Pretty good. Check the accenting on Ï€Ï￾ῶτον. Following the Iliad I used á¼￾φίημι for your first use of βάλλω, but using that form you should have βάλλοντες (nom.) not βάλλοντας (acc). For the imperative at the end, an active form is better than the middle.

i would also like to point out that this translation took me a while... is that bad and should i consider a very strict revision of everything covered so far?

Periodic revision is always good, but English->Greek is always the hardest part (or at least I expect it is for most people). When you find yourself completely unable to understand a new lesson, take it as a sign you're moving too quickly and go review.