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Module CLGK7101. Kevin Greene. 26001477.

         Week 2 Homework: Translation 1H.
























Module CLGK7101. Kevin Greene. 26001477.

         Week 2 Homework: Translation 1H.

So the captain is steering the ship towards the harbour. And a sailor asks the captain where they are. For the sailor does not know clearly where they are. For it is night. So the captain says that they are sailing into the harbour. And there is a rhapsode on the ship. And the rhapsode is always reciting Homer. And Dikaiopolis makes fun of the rhapsode just as Socrates makes fun of his students.

Sailor.            Where are we, captain? Do you know? For I at least do not know clearly. For I [can] see nothing, because [it is] night, and I do not know where we are.
Captain.         I know clearly. For we are sailing towards the harbour, sailor.
Rhapsode.     ‘And we are sailing on the wine-faced sea’.
Sailor.	What is the fellow saying?
Dikaiopolis.  It is clear that the fellow is reciting Homer. So he really is a rhapsode.
Rhapsode.     You speak the truth, my dear chap; ‘and we sail in a black ship’.
Dikaiopolis.  What are you saying, rhapsode? What is this ‘in a black ship’? For our ship is not black. It is clear that you are stupid, and that you do not know anything, but that you are making fun of us.
Rhapsode.     Be quiet. ‘We are sailing in a swift ship, in a hollow ship’.
Dikaiopolis.  Are you listening, sailors? Come over here and listen. For it is clear that our rhapsode is stupid. For the fellow does not know anything accurately, rather he is joking at our expense.