geloion

Composition and Communication Composition Board
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ΓΕΛΟΙΟΝ

ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸ ἐν δελφοῖς χρηστήριον ἔβη χρῄζων σοφίας διότι ὁ ἑαυτοῦ βίος χαλεπός ἦν καὶ οὐκ οἴδεν ἃ πράττειν. ὁράω μέγαν ποταμὸν, ἔφη τὸ χρηστήριον, μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν τῆς ὁδοῦ ἣ πρὸς τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου ἔρχεται. χρὴ λούεσθαι σεαυτὸν ἐν τοῦτῳ τῷ ποταμῷ διὰ τῆν πᾶσαν ἡμέραν. τῇ ἐπειδῇ ἕῳ, ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας διὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἔβη καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν ἐζήτει. τέλος, ἐν τῇ τελευτῇ τῆς ὁδοῦ, δύο μεγάλους ποταμοὺς ηὗρεν. ἔλεξεν οὖν ὥδε ·

πότερος ποταμός;

:laughing:

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Edited to convert to polytonic (it is not listed in my WIndows regional settings :unamused: so I had to rewrite part of my Greek Unicode utility to include it) and to fix an error with ποταμός which is not neuter as I misremembered. :blush:

I wasn’t sure how to express the concept of “beyond the end of the road” so I put μετὰ with an accusative for “after”.

OK time for me to get back to the textbooks παύσουσα ἁμαρτάνειν. :smiley: