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Welcome! Yes, you are right! I thought you meant to use δαίτη, ἡ

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It’s been quite a while since my last publication here. Today I came across a short Christian anecdote and it inspired me to get back to practice. Here is my attempt.

σοφός τίς ποτε ἐνέτυχε βασιλεῖ τινί.
πόθεν ἤλθες; ὁ βασιλεὺς ἠρώτησε.
ἐκ γεέννης· ἀπεκρίνατο ὁ σοφός.
καὶ τί ἐκεῖ ἔπραξας;
δεόμενος πυρὸς ᾔτησα τοὺς ἐκείνους δοῦναι μοι, ἀλλὰ ὁ τῶν ἐκείνων ἡγεμὼν εἴπε μοι ὅτι οὐδὲν ἔχοιεν. ἰδὼν δὲ με σφόδρα θαυμάζοντα ἀπεδήλωσε εἴπων· λέγω σοι ὅτι ἐκεῖ οὐδὲν πῦρ ἔνεστι, πᾶς γὰρ μετὰ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἔρχεται.

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Not much to correct here. Just one or two fiddly things:
ἠρότησε: ἠρώτησε
δὲ με: δέ με or δ’ ἐμὲ
τοὺς ἐκείνους: τοὺς εκεῖ (or delete τοὺς). Sim. with τῶν ἐκείνων.
ἀπεδήλωσε: is this a word?

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Thank you so much for your corrections! They are very helpful!

  1. ἠρώτησε A shameful mistake. I couldn’t resist correcting it immediately in my post.
  2. ok
  3. I was hesitating about that and considered τοὺς εκεῖ. It’s good to have your comment! Thank you.
  4. ἀπεδήλωσε was probably not the best word choice. I thought about aor. 3 sg. ind from ἀποδηλόω to say “he explained”.
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  1. Yes εκεῖνος, like οὗτος, never has the article.

  2. αποφαίνω much more common than αποδηλῶ.

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Great! Thank you so much for your feedback! Just to have integral clear copy, here is the corrected version.

σοφός τίς ποτε ἐνέτυχε βασιλεῖ τινί.
πόθεν ἤλθες; ὁ βασιλεὺς ἠρώτησε.
ἐκ γεέννης· ἀπεκρίνατο ὁ σοφός.
καὶ τί ἐκεῖ ἔπραξας;
δεόμενος πυρὸς ᾔτησα τοὺς ἐκεί δοῦναι μοι, ἀλλὰ ὁ ἡγεμὼν αὐτῶν εἴπε μοι ὅτι οὐδὲν ἔχοιεν. ἰδὼν δ᾽ ἐμὲ σφόδρα θαυμάζοντα ἀπέφηνε εἴπων· λέγω σοι ὅτι ἐκεῖ οὐδὲν πῦρ ἔνεστι, πᾶς γὰρ μετὰ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἔρχεται.

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ὁ ἐκείνων ἡγεμὼν εἴπε μοι > ὁ ἡγεμὼν αὐτῶν εἶπέ μοι

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