"Unseen" Koine Text
Posted: May 28th, 2014, 11:28 am
In response to that comment, you might like to try reading following passage.Jordan Day in the [url=http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2549#p15672]Homeric, Classical, Koine...whats the REAL difference?[/url] thread wrote:It makes me feel that I am actually just memorizing entire chapters of the gospels in Greek, and playing the video of the narrative in my head at the same time, rather than actually UNDERSTAND the language like an ancient person would...who would have been able to hear any story or message for the first time and comprehend it at full speed.
- Don't search for it online.
- Don't use a dictionary or grammar.
- Only give yourself 30 to 45 minutes to try your best to "break" it.
- Do what you can first, by yourself, then have a look down a bit on the page where I have listed a few vocabulary items (After 6 years of reading and memorising, I'm guessing you don't need them in English)
- I'll put up the reference after you've had a try at it. For now try it as just a challenge of man v. text.
- Τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν τοῦ δράματος προσώπων
- Χαιρέας -- ὁ πρωταγωνιστής,
- Καλλιρρόη -- ἡ δευτεραγωνίστρια καὶ ἡ τοῦ Χαιρέα ἐρωτίς (δηλ. ὑπὸ Χαιρέα ἐρωμένη).
- Καρίας -- δοῦλος (καὶ ὁ οἰκονόμος τῆς οἰκίας τοῦ) Μιθριδάτου,
- Πολύχαρμος -- ὁ τοῦ Χαιρέα φίλος,
- Μιθριδάτης-- στρατηγὸς καὶ ὁ τῶν δούλων δεπότης,
- Διονύσιος -- ὁ νέος φίλος τοῦ Μιθριδάτου.
Below is a list of hints. You could post any questions that you had in doing it. How will we know whether we understand it to mean a similar thing as each other or not?ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἔμαθον ὕστερον: τότε δὲ καταχθεὶς ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ Καλλιρρόης εἰκόνα θεασάμενος ἐν ἱερῷ ἐγὼ μὲν εἶχον ἀγαθὰς ἐλπίδας, νύκτωρ δὲ Φρύγες λῃσταὶ καταδραμόντες ἐπὶ θάλασσαν ἐνέπρησαν μὲν τὴν τριήρη, τοὺς δὲ πλείστους κατέσφαξαν, ἐμὲ δὲ καὶ Πολύχαρμον δήσαντες ἐπώλησαν εἰς Καρίαν.’ Θρῆνον ἐξέρρηξεν ἐπὶ τούτοις τὸ πλῆθος, εἶπε δὲ Χαιρέας ‘ἐπιτρέψατε ἐμοὶ τὰ ἑξῆς σιωπᾶν, σκυθρωπότερα γάρ ἐστι τῶν πρώτων:’ ὁ δὲ δῆμος ἐξεβόησε ‘λέγε πάντα.’ Καὶ ὃς ἔλεγεν ‘ὁ πριάμενος ἡμᾶς, δοῦλος Μιθριδάτου, στρατηγοῦ Καρίας, ἐκέλευσε σκάπτειν ὄντας πεπεδημένους. Ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸν δεσμοφύλακα τῶν δεσμωτῶν ἀπέκτεινάν τινες, ἀνασταυρωθῆναι πάντας ἡμᾶς Μιθριδάτης ἐκέλευσε.
Κἀγὼ μὲν ἀπηγόμην: μέλλων δὲ βασανίζεσθαι Πολύχαρμος εἶπέ μου τοὔνομα καὶ Μιθριδάτης ἐγνώρισε: Διονυσίου γὰρ ξένος γενόμενος ἐν Μιλήτῳ, Χαιρέου θαπτομένου παρῆν: πυθομένη γὰρ Καλλιρρόη τὰ περὶ τὴν τριήρη καὶ τοὺς λῃστάς, κἀμὲ δόξασα τεθνάναι, τάφον ἔχωσέ μοι πολυτελῆ.
- νύκτωρ = νυκτὸς ἢ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ
Φρύξ = ἂνθρωπος κατοικῶν ἐν Φρυγίᾳ ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς Φρθγίας
καταδραμόντες = καταβάντες ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου αὐτῶν
ἐνέπρησαν (ἐμπίμπρημι) = ἀνήψαντο (+αἰτ.) πυρί
τριήρης = μέγα πλοῖον
Θρῆνον ἐξέρρηξεν = ἐθρήνησε
τοὺς πλείστους = πολλοὺς ἀνθρώπους
κατέσφαξαν = ἐφόνευσαν, ἀπέκτειναν μετὰ πολλοῦ αἷματος (μετὰ αἱματεκχυσίας)
ἐπιτρέψατε = ἐάσατε
σκυθρωπότερα = χείρονα, φοβερότερα
ὃς = αὐτός
ὁ πριάμενος = ὁ ἀγοράζων
στρατηγός = ὁ ἄρχων τῶν στρατιώτων
σκάπτειν = βαλεῖν τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ ἓν μἐρος εἰς ἄλλο.
πεπεδημένους = δεδεμένους αὐτῶν τοὺς πόδας, συγκρίνετε. τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον. (Πράξεις τῶν Ἀποστόλων ιϚ'.κδ')
ἀνασταυροῦν = προσηλοῦν ἢ δεῖν ἐπὶ σταυρῳ (συγκρίνετε. ἀνασκολοπίζειν (ἐπὶ σκόλοπι))
ξένος = φίλος
Μίλητος = νῆσος ἐν τῇ Μεσογείᾳ Θαλάσσῃ
ἔχωσέ = κατεσκεύασεν
τάφος = χῶμα ἐνέχον τὸ νεκροῦ σῶμα