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τί βλέπομεν ἐν τῇ εἰκόνι;
τὴν Μυρρίνην βλέπομεν καὶ τὴν Μέλιτταντίς ἐστιν ἡ Μυρρίνη; - ἡ τοῦ Δικαιοπόλιδος γυνή.τίς ἐστιν ἡ Μυρρίνη; - ἡ τῆς Μελίττης τε καὶ τοῦ Φιλίππου μήτηρ.τίς ἐστιν ἡ Μέλιττα; - ἡ τῆς Μυρρίνης τε καὶ του Δικαιοπόλιδος θυγάτηρ.τίς ἐστιν ἡ Μέλιττα; - ἡ τοῦ Φιλίππου ἀδελφή. sister of course. You could say that Philadelphia was the "Beloved brother/Sister"ὁ ἀδελφός, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, being the brotherRemember:
Instead of saying like in English:ὑδρίαν βλέπομεν ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς Μυρρίνης κεφαλῇ
the Greeks said:
Neat! Now your turn. Try this:
(ἐπί + dative (or genitive), on, on top of and ἡ κεφαλή, τῆς κεφαλῆς the head, cf. an encephalogram = an X-ray picture of the brain, the brain, being in (ἐν ) the head (ἡ κεφαλή) is therefore called in Greek ὁ ἐγκέφαλος, τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου, which gave us the said encephalogram.ἀλλὰ οὐ βλέπομεν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τῇ τῆς Μελίττης.
τί λέγει ἡ μὲν μήτηρ;
μὴ οὕτω σκαιὰ ἴσθιRemember Xanthias and the big stone in Chapter 3 (a):ἡ δὲ θυγάτηρ τί λέγει; - λέγει· οὐκ αἰτία ἐγώ· μεγάλη ἐστίν ἡ ὑδρία, οὐκ οὐν δυνατόν ἐστιν φέρειν αὐτήν.
πταίει ὁ Ξανθίας καὶ καταβάλλει τὸν λίθον. ὁ δὲ λίθος πίπτει πρὸς τὸν τοῦ Δικαιοπόλιδος πόδα. ὁ δὲ· μὴ οὕτω σκαιὸς ἴσθι, φησίν.
So here we have a similar happening, using the same words, sort of, feminine version of dropping things, not stones but water jars. And not just dropping them, breaking them as well.
What did Xanthias say in Chapter 3(a), page 25?ἡ δὲ μήτηρ· μὴ φλυάρει, ὦ Μέλιττα.
ἡ δὲ θυγάτηρ λέγει·
μεγάλη μὲν ἐστίν ἡ ὑδρία, μικρὰ δέ εἰμι ἐγώ.or of course, using φησί instead of λέγει:
μεγάλη μὲν ἐστίν ἡ ἡδρία, φησίν, μικρὰ δέ εἰμι ἐγώ.Sequence of events:
ἡ Μέλιττα σκαιά ἐστιν.πταίει.καταβάλλει τήν ὑδρίαν.θραύει αὐτήνοἴμοιNew: Everything is big, even feminines
masculine: μέγας, μέγας λίθος ἐμποδίζει τὸ ἄροτρον.feminine: μεγάλη, ἡ μεγάλη ὑδρία ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς Μυρρίνης κεφαλῇ.neuter: μέγα, μέγα δένδρον ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ἐστιν.To look at the whole table of μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα, click here.