Greek 701/Assignment 4
Conditional Sentences in Indirect Statement
In sentences 1-3 (a) is the direct statement, (b) is an indirect statement in primary sequence, and (c) is an indirect statement in secondary sequence; (a) (b) and (c) represent the same original sentence.
A chart of the rules for conditional sentences in indirect statement is available.
Use the finite verb construction in #1, the participle in #2, and the infinitive in #3.
For #1 cf. Lysias 12.99.
1a. If you obtain justice from this man for all the things he has done, you will take a deserved revenge on behalf of all who suffered badly.
1b. All who have perished at the hands of the Thirty will know well that if you obtain justice from this man for all the things he has done, you will take a deserved revenge on behalf of all who suffered badly.
1c. All who had perished at the hands of the Thirty knew well that if you obtained justice from this man for all the things he has done, you would take a deserved revenge on behalf of all who suffered badly.
For #2 cf. Lysias 12.97.
2a. As many as should flee death would leave their children behind in a foreign land and return to the Peiraios.
2b. You (pl.)will recognize that as many as should flee death would leave their children behind in a foreign land and return to the Peiraios.
2c. You (pl.) recognized that as many as should flee death would leave their children behind in a foreign land and return to the Peiraios.
For #3 cf. Lysias 12.82.
3a. If these men had not killed the innocent without a trial, if they had not lawlessly destroyed our city, we would never have accused them of horrendous injustices.
3b. She herself thinks that if these men had not killed the innocent without a trial, if they had not lawlessly destroyed our city, we would never have accused them of horrendous injustices.
3c. She herself thought that if these men had not killed the innocent without a trial, if they had not lawlessly destroyed our city, we would never have accused them of horrendous injustices.
For #4 use the resources of Lysianic Greek to combine the following statements coherently.
4. Such were these men. Eratosthenes killed some of them. Others he drove out of the city. Who was he himself? You ought to know. He’s a slave. So are his parents.
Synopsis: didomi, second person singular; participle: neuter accusative singular