Η ΥΔΡΙΑ: 'The Water Jar' (β)

Η ΥΔΡΙΑ (β)

ὁ νῦν δὲ Ἀλκιβιάδης τῇ καλῇ παρθένῳ λέγει παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν. ἡ δὲ παρθένος ἀπὸ τὴς κρήνης σπεύδει οἴκαδε. ἡ τὴν ὑδρίαν φέρει · ἡ τὴν ὑδρίαν φέρει ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ. ὁ μὲν Ἀλκιβιάδης μέγα λέγει · ἡ δὲ παρθένος πρὸς τὴν γὴν αἰεὶ καταβλέπει. καὶ ἡ παρθένος οὐ λέγει · ἡ γάρ ἐστιν αἰδοία. ὁ μὲν Ἀλκιβιάδης αὐτῇ ἐτὶ λέγει · ἡ δὲ παρθένος οἴκαδε σπεύδειν βούλεται. μεγάλη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ὑδρία, καὶ ἡ παρθένος μάλιστα κάμνει · τὴν δὲ ὑδρίαν μόλις φέρει. ἐξαίφνης ἡ ὑδρία πρὸς τὴν γὴν πίπτει καὶ ἔρρωγεν. νῦν δὲ τὸ ὑδώρ ἐστι πανταχοῦ. ὁ κύων Ἄργος πίνει τὸ ὑδώρ. ἡ νῦν παρθένος μάλιστα οἰκτρὰ καὶ δακρύει. νῦν δὲ ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης τε στενάζει καὶ λέγει · "οἴμοι! αἰτίος εἰμὶ ἐγώ. ἀλλὰ νῦν βούλομαι βοηθεῖν." ἀλλ' ἐτὶ ἡ παρθένος οὐ λέγει.

ἔπειτα δὲ ὁ Σωκράτης λέγει · "διὰ τί, ὦ Ἀλκιβιάδα, τῇ παρθένῳ λέγεις; ἡ γάρ σε σαφῶς οὐ φιλεῖ. οὖν ἐλθὲ δεῦρο ! ἐγώγε γὰρ πρὸς τὴν ἀγορὰν βαίνω · ἐκεῖ δέ, μετὰ τῶν φιλῶν καθίζω καὶ περὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ ἀγαθὰ λέγω. οὖν μετά μου βαίνε, ὦ σοφὲ παῖ · τὴν παρθένον καταλείπε." οὖν ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης τὴν παρθένον καταλείπει τε καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀγορὰν βαίνει μετὰ τοῦ Σωκρατούς · ὁ γὰρ Σωκράτης διδάσκαλός ἐστιν. ἀλλὰ ὁ μέντοι Ἀλκιβιάδης ὄπισθεν ὁρᾷ · τὴν παρθένον βλέπει · ἥ ἐστιν οἰκτρὰ καὶ οἴκαδε σπεύδει. ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης λέγει · "οἴμοι!"

Where are Alcibiades and Argos?
1. In jail.
2. At home.
3. In the 'ἀγορά'.
4. Beside the road.
With whom is Alcibiades attempting to talk?
1. A barbarian
2. A pretty young girl
3. A dog
4. Socrates
From whence does the girl come? What is her destination?
1. From Persia, to Athens.
2. From the οἶκος of Socrates, to the οἶκος of Alcibiades.
3. From the spring, to her οἶκος.
4. From the spring to the ἀγορά.
What does the girl carry on her head?
1. Food
2. A water jar
3. Towels
4. Wine
Why is the girl silent and looking at the ground?
1. She is 'modest', 'respectable.'
2. She has a neck cramp from the ὑδρία; doesn't speak Attic.
3. She's keeping an eye on the dog and is patient, but bored.
Who is to blame for the jar's destruction?
1. No one - it was gravity.
2. It was clearly the girl's fault.
3. Alcibiades, the cad.
4. Argos and Socrates.
With the jar's destruction, how is the girl? What does she do?
1. She's happy, she stretches her neck.
2. Upset, throws jar-shards at Alcibiades.
3. She's delighted and thanks Alcibiades.
4. She's wretched, she cries.
With the jar's destruction, how is Alcibiades? What does he do?
1. He laughs cruelly and goes on his way.
2. He feels remorse and wants to help.
3. Being thirsty, he grows angry and stares at the ground.
4. Unperturbed; he keeps talking as though no misfortune has occurred.
Why does Alcibiades leave the girl?
1. Socrates tells him to do so.
2. She no longer has fresh water to give him.
3. He grows bored with her despondency.
4. There's free food in the ἀγορά.
What does Alcibiades see when he looks back?
1. Malnourished Spartan envoys.
2. A shattered jar on an empty road.
3. The girl, wretched, running home.
4. Argos drinking fresh spring water.

Η ΥΔΡΙΑ: 'The Water Jar' (β)

Multiple-choice exercise

Η ΥΔΡΙΑ (β)