Hello to all! This is my first post here. I started to learn Greek on my own a few years ago but had stopped. I opened the book again and here I am =). I’m using Reading Greek (RG JACT) and just finished Section 2 of the book (meaning my knowledge of Greek is rather limited yet). I decided to compose a short story using the words and grammar I have learned so far. Of course, I don’t expect it to be “natural Greek”, but it would be great if someone could spot grammar mistakes or improper uses of words. I hope it is good enough to be worthy of a correction…
Some remarks:
- Even though I did use only words I met in the beginning of RG, I used not-yet-shown forms of some words, like (τὴν σάλπιγγα, τῆς σάλπιγγος, τῃ νυκτί, etc.). I have looked those up in Wiktionary.
- I expect many mistakes regarding the accents…
- I used the two characters in RG imagining what they would be doing in Byzantium before boarding the ship.
Thank you very much for any help!
TEXT:
ὁ Ἠγέστρατος καὶ ὁ Ζηνόθεμις ἐν Βυζαντίῳ
Βυζάντιον ἐστι πόλις. ἐν δὲ Βυζαντίῳ, καλαί ἐμπορίαι εἰσίν.
οἱ μὲν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ μἐνουσιν ἐν τῃ νυκτί καὶ ἐν τῃ ἡμέρᾳ,
οἱ δὲ ἐκβαίνουσιν ἐν τῃ νυκτί καὶ βαίνουσιν εἰς Βυζάντιον αὖθις ἄμα ἔῳ.
ὁ τε Ἠγέστρατος καὶ ὁ Ζηνόθεμις εἰσί παρά τῲ τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἐμπορίαις. ἀλλὰ ὁ Ἠγέστρατος οὐ βλέπει τὸν Ζηνόθεμιν καὶ ὁ Ζηνόθεμις οὐ βλέπει τὸν Ἠγέστρατον, γὰρ πολλοί ἄνθρωποι εἰσίν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ.
ΖΗΝΟΘΕΜΙΣ ὦ Ζεῦ…
ποῦ εἶ σὺ, ὦ Ἠγέστρατε;
ἐγὼ οὐκ οἶδα ποῦ εἶ. ἆρα σῦ σῶος εἶ;
ἀλλὰ μὴ φρόντιζε, ζητέω γὰρ τὸν ἠμέτερον φίλον!
ἴσως δὲ εἶ ἐγγὺς ἐμοί!
τ..τίς; νῦν βλέπω τὸν Ἠγέστρατον παρά τῇ παιδιᾷ!
δεῦρο ἐλθε, ὦ Ἠγέστρατε!!
ἀλλὰ… ἐπειδὴ ὁ Ζηνόθεμις ‘δεῦρο ἐλθε’ λέγει, αἱ παιδιαί τὴν σάλπιγγα ἡδέως ἠχοῦσιν.
ὁ μὲν Ἠγέστρατος τὸν φιλόν οὐκ ἀκούει, τὴν δὲ καὶ βοήν τῷν παιδιῶν καὶ τὸν τῆς σάλπιγγος ψόφον σαφῶς ἀκούει.
ἨΓΕΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ πολὺς τὸ ψόφος! διὰ τί ἀεὶ πολύν τὸν ψόφον ποιοῦσιν αἱ παιδιαί;
ἡσυχάζετε, ὦ παιδιά!
ἔπειτα δὲ, ἐξαίφνης οἱ τὲ ῤαψῳδοί καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες πολλοί τοὺς ψόφους ποιοῦσιν.
οἱ μὲν ῤαψῳδοί καλῶς ὁμηρίζουσιν, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες διαλέγονται κακῶς.
ὁ Ἠγέστρατος σαφῶς ἀπορεῖ.
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