Module 3, participles: mastery

Analyzing Greek texts

The questions in Part A are about this passage adapted from Lysias 1.15-1.16.

μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα, ὦ ἄνδρες, χρόνου μεταξὺ διαγενομένου καὶ ἐμοῦ πολὺ ἀπολελειμμένου τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ κακῶν, προσῆλθε μοί τις πρεσβῦτις ἄνθρωπος, ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ὑποπεμφθεῖσα ἣν ἐκεῖνος ἐμοίχευεν: αὕτη δὲ ὀργιζομένη καὶ ἀδικεῖσθαι νομίζουσα, ἐξηῦρεν τὸ αἴτιον.

προσελθοῦσα οὖν μοι ἐγγὺς ἡ ἄνθρωπος τῆς οἰκίας τῆς ἐμῆς ἐπιτηροῦσα, “εὐφίλητε” ἔφη “ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ὑβρίζων εἰς σὲ καὶ τὴν σὴν γυναῖκα ἐχθρὸς ὢν ἡμῖν τυγχάνει. ἔστι δ’” ἔφη “̓Ερατοσθένης ̓Οῆθεν ὁ ταῦτα πράττων.”

  1. Fully identify the forms of the participles highlighted like this in the selection above. For verbs not included in required vocabulary lists, refer to the list of additional principal parts below.
  2. For each participle, find the noun or pronoun it agrees with, and identify its kind construction as circumstantial, attributive or supplementary.
  • ὀργίζω
  • ὑβρίζω
  • ἐπιτηρέω

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