Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 5
About the greatest action which the Athenians ever did, and which ought to have been most famous, but which, through the lapse of time and the destruction of the actors, has not come down to us."
アテネ人がかつて行った最も偉大な行為についてであり、それは最も有名であるべきものでしたが、時の経過と当事者たちの滅亡により、私たちには伝わっていません。」
"Tell us," said the other, "the whole story, and how and from whom Solon heard this veritable tradition."
「話してください」と相手は言った。「その話の全貌を、そしてソロンがどのようにして、また誰からこの真実の伝承を聞いたのかを。」
He replied: "At the head of the Egyptian Delta, where the river Nile divides, there is a certain district which is called the district of Sais, and the great city of the district is also called Sais, and is the city from which Amasis the king was sprung.
彼は答えた。「ナイル川が分かれるエジプトのデルタの先端に、サイスの地区と呼ばれるある地域があり、その地区の大きな都市もサイスと呼ばれており、王アマシスが生まれた都市です。
And the citizens have a deity who is their foundress: she is called in the Egyptian tongue Neith, which is asserted by them to be the same whom the Hellenes called Athene.
そして市民たちには創設の女神がいます。彼女はエジプト語でネイトと呼ばれており、ヘレネス人がアテネと呼んだ神と同一であると彼らは主張しています。
Now, the citizens of this city are great lovers of the Athenians, and say that they are in some way related to them.
さて、この都市の市民たちはアテネ人をたいへん愛しており、ある意味で彼らと親戚関係にあると言っています。
Thither came Solon, who was received by them with great honor; and he asked the priests, who were most skilful in such matters, about antiquity, and made the discovery that neither he nor any other Hellene knew anything worth mentioning about the times of old.
そこへソロンがやって来て、大いなる名誉をもって迎え入れられました。彼はそのような事柄に最も精通した神官たちに古代について尋ね、彼自身も他のいかなるヘレネス人も、太古の時代について語るに値することを何も知らないという発見をしました。
Vocabulary
- アテネ人
- Atene-jin — A person from Athens, an Athenian citizen
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- かつて
- katsute — Once, formerly, in the past
- 行っ
- itte — Went, did; conjunctive form of 行く
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- 最も
- mottomo — Most, extremely, to the greatest degree
- 偉大
- idai — Great, grand, magnificent in scale or achievement
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle connecting na-adjectives
- 行為
- kōi — Act, deed, action performed by someone
- に
- ni — Direction, location, or purpose particle
- つい
- tsui — Concerning, regarding; used in phrase について
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting clauses or actions
- で
- de — Location or means particle; copula in context
- あり
- ari — To be, exist; conjunctive form of ある
- それ
- sore — That, it; refers to something previously mentioned
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting sentence subject
- 有名
- yūmei — Famous, well-known, renowned widely
- ある
- aru — To be, to exist, to have
- べき
- beki — Should, ought to; expresses obligation or expectation
- もの
- mono — Thing, object; nominalizing or explanatory expression
- でし
- deshi — Polite copula stem form, part of でした
- 時
- toki — Time, moment, occasion, period
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 経過
- keika — Passage of time; progress, elapsed duration
- と
- to — And, with; quotation or conditional particle
- 当事者
- tōjisha — Person concerned, party involved in a matter
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 滅亡
- metsubō — Destruction, ruin, downfall of a group or nation
- より
- yori — From, than; comparative or origin particle
- 私
- watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun
- 伝わっ
- tsutawatte — Was transmitted, handed down; conjunctive form
- い
- i — Continuative form of いる, indicating ongoing state
- ませ
- mase — Polite negative auxiliary stem; part of ません
- ん
- n — Negative ending or nominalizing contraction
- 話し
- hanashi — Talk, story, speech; stem of 話す
- ください
- kudasai — Please do; polite request form
- 相手
- aite — Partner, other party, opponent, counterpart
- 言っ
- itte — Said, told; conjunctive form of 言う
- その
- sono — That, the; demonstrative adjective
- 話
- hanashi — Story, talk, conversation, account
- 全貌
- zenbō — Full picture, entire story, whole scope
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- そして
- soshite — And then, and so, furthermore
- どの
- dono — Which, what kind of; interrogative adjective
- よう
- yō — Way, manner, appearance; like, as if
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; and, moreover
- また
- mata — Also, again, furthermore, additionally
- 誰
- dare — Who; interrogative pronoun for person
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby things
- 真実
- shinjitsu — Truth, reality, fact, genuine account
- 伝承
- denshō — Tradition, oral transmission, handed-down lore
- 聞い
- kiite — Heard, asked; conjunctive form of 聞く
- か
- ka — Question marker particle or uncertainty marker
- 彼
- kare — He, him; third-person male pronoun
- 答え
- kotae — Answer, reply, response to a question
- 分かれる
- wakareru — To branch off, divide, split into parts
- 先端
- sentan — Tip, apex, forefront, leading edge
- 地区
- chiku — District, area, zone, region
- 呼ば
- yoba — Called, named; passive stem of 呼ぶ
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb ending
- 地域
- chiiki — Region, area, territory, locality
- 大きな
- ōkina — Large, big; prenominal adjective form
- 都市
- toshi — City, urban area, metropolis
- も
- mo — Also, too, even; additive particle
- れ
- re — Passive/potential auxiliary; also part of られ
- おり
- ori — Exist; polite conjunctive of おる (humble いる)
- 王
- ō — King, monarch, ruler of a kingdom
- 生まれ
- umare — Birth, origin; born from a place
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is, am, are'
- 市民
- shimin — Citizen, civilian, townsperson
- 創設
- sōsetsu — Founding, establishment of an institution
- 女神
- megami — Goddess, female deity
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating formal speech
- 彼女
- kanojo — She, her; third-person female pronoun
- 呼ん
- yon — Called, named; conjunctive form of 呼ぶ
- だ
- da — Plain copula meaning 'is, am, are'
- 神
- kami — God, deity, divine spirit
- 同一
- dōitsu — Identical, same, one and the same
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them; third-person plural pronoun
- 主張
- shuchō — Claim, assertion, insistence on a position
- さて
- sate — Well, now then; transitional discourse marker
- たいへん
- taihen — Very, greatly; extremely; or a serious matter
- 愛し
- aishi — Loved, cherished; conjunctive form of 愛する
- 意味
- imi — Meaning, significance, sense of a word
- 親戚
- shinseki — Relative, kin, family relation
- 関係
- kankei — Relationship, connection, association
- そこ
- soko — There, that place; middle-distance location
- へ
- e — Direction particle meaning 'to, toward'
- やっ
- yatte — Came; conjunctive of やって来る (to come)
- 来
- ki — Came; stem of 来る meaning to come
- 大いなる
- ōinaru — Great, grand, mighty; literary attributive form
- 名誉
- meiyo — Honor, glory, prestige, distinction
- もっ
- motte — With, having; conjunctive form of 持つ
- 迎え入れ
- mukae-ire — Welcome in, receive and usher someone inside
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form
- まし
- mashi — Polite past auxiliary; part of ました
- 事柄
- kotogara — Matter, affair, subject, topic of concern
- 精通
- seitsū — Expertise, thorough knowledge, mastery of a subject
- 神官
- shinkan — Priest, shrine official, religious attendant
- 古代
- kodai — Ancient times, antiquity, old era
- 尋ね
- tazune — Asked, inquired; conjunctive form of 尋ねる
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself, one's own self, personally
- 他
- hoka — Other, another, elsewhere, the rest
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Whatever, any kind of; literary attributive form
- 太古
- taiko — Remote antiquity, ancient times long ago
- 時代
- jidai — Era, age, period in history
- 語る
- kataru — To tell, narrate, speak about something
- 値する
- atai suru — To be worth, deserve, merit something
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter; nominalizer for verbs
- 何
- nani — What; interrogative pronoun for things
- 知ら
- shira — Know; negative stem of 知る
- ない
- nai — Not, does not exist; negative ending
- という
- to iu — Called, known as; quoting or naming expression
- 発見
- hakken — Discovery, finding something new or unknown
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