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χαίρετε· ἡμεῖς, οἱ φιλέλληνες, οἰκοῦμεν κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην· διά γε τοῦτο σήμερον διαλεξόμεθα περὶ τοῦ ποῦ οἰκεῖς· ἀρξώμεθα δέ.
Hi! We, the friends of the Greeks, live all over the world. For this reason we will talk today about (the question): where do you live? Let’s start!
Ἰέννι· χαῖρε· ποῦ οἰκεῖς;
‘Ραχηλ· χαῖρε· ἐγὼ οἰκῶ ἐν τῇ Ἀμερικῇ.
‘Ρογῆρος· μανθάνω. ποῦ δὲ τῆς Ἀμερικῆς οἰκεῖς; ἆρα ἐν τῷ Μεξικῷ;
‘Ραχηλ· οὐδαμῶς, οὐκ οἰκῶ ἐν τῷ Μεξικῷ, ἀλλὰ ἐν ταῖς Ἡνωμέναις Πολιτείαις τῆς πρὸς βορᾶν Ἀμερικῆς, ἐν τῇ πόλει Λεξιγγτονίᾳ. ποῦ δὲ οἰκεῖτε ὑμεῖς;
‘Ρογῆρος· ἡμεῖς γε οἰκοῦμεν ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ.
‘Ραχηλ· μανθάνω. ποῦ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης οἰκεῖτε· ἆρα ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι;
Ἰέννι· οὐδαμῶς, οὐκ οἰκοῦμεν ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι, ἀλλὰ ἐν τῇ Γερμανίᾳ· ὁ μὲν ‘Ρογῆρος οἰκεῖ ἐν τῷ Βερολίνῳ, ἐγὼ δὲ οἰκῶ ἔξω τῆς πόλεως ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς.
Jenny: Hi! Where do you live?
Rachel: Hi! I live in America.
Rogelio: I understand. But where in America do you live? In Mexico?
Rachel: No, I don’t live in Mexico but in the United States, North America, in the city Lexington. But where do you live?
Rogelio: We live in Europe.
Rachel: I understand. But where in Europe do you live? In Greece?
Jenny: No, we don’t live in Greece but in Germany: Rogelio lives in Berlin and I live outside the city, in the countryside.
Τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον ἐρωτῶμεν· ποῦ οἰκεῖς; ἀπορκινόμεθα δέ· ἐγὼ οἰκῶ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ, ἐν τῇ Ἀμερικῇ, ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ἐν τῇ Αὐστραλίᾳ ἢ ἐν τῇ Λιβύῃ. οἱ δὲ παλαιοί, δηλονότι, ἐγίγνωσκον μόνον τρεῖς ἠπείρους· τὴν Εὐρώπην, τὴν Ἀσίαν καὶ τὴν Λιβύην ἣν ἡμεῖς νῦν καλοῦμεν Ἀφρικῆν.
So at first we ask: where do you live? We answer: I live in Europe, in America, in Asia, in Australia, in Africa. But the ancients, of course, knew only three continents: Europe, Asia and Libya, which we today call Africa.
‘Ραχηλ· ποῦ οἰκεῖ ὁ Σωκράτης;
‘Ρογῆρος· ἀλλὰ ὁ Σωκράτης οἰκεῖ ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις, δηλονότι.
Rachel: Where does Socrates live?
Rogelio: Socrates lives in Athens, of course.
εἰσὶν οὖν ἔνιαι πόλεις αἳ πληθυντικῶς λέγονται, οἷον· αἱ Ἀθῆναι, αἱ Θῆβαι, αἱ Μυκῆναι. ἄλλαι δὲ πόλεις ἑνικῶς λέγονται, οἷον· ἡ Σπάρτη, ἡ Ῥώμη, ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια.
So there are some cities that are used in the plural, for example: Athens, Thebes, Mycenae. Whereas other cities are used in the singular, for example: Sparta, Rome, Alexandria.
‘Ραχηλ· ποῦ οἰκεῖ ὁ Διογένης;
‘Ρογῆρος· ὁ Διογένης οἰκεῖ ἐν πίθῳ.
‘Ραχηλ· βαβαί.
Rachel: Where does Diogenes live?
Rogelio: Diogenes lives in a barrel.
Rachel: Wow!
διὰ τί οὖν ὁ Διογένης ἐβίουν ἐν πίθῳ; οὐ μὴν δι’ ἔνδειαν, ἀλλὰ ὅτι φιλόσοφος ὢν χρείαν εἶχεν οὐδενός· εἶπεν γὰρ ὅτι πᾶς ὁ κόσμος εἴη πόλις καὶ οἰκία αὐτῷ. ποῦ δὲ οἰκεῖτε ὑμεῖς; ἐν πόλει, ἐν ἀγροῖς, ἐν πίθῳ; λέγετε ὑμῖν, εἰ βούλεσθε, ἐν τοῖς κάτω ὑπομνήμασιν καὶ… ἔρρωσθε.
So why did Diogenes live in a barrel? Certainly not due to poverty but because, being a philosopher, he needed nothing. For he said that the whole world is his city and home. But where do you live? In a city, in the countryside, in a barrel? Tell us, if you like, in the comments below and… bye!
