Drill II.

36. The bridge, although guarded well, was destroyed.

37. The bridge, since it was guarded well, was not destroyed.

less satisfying options: when it was guarded well (TEMPORAL), by being well guarded (MEANS)

38. Since I was ordered, I will destroy the hoplites.

LSO: when/after I was ordered (TEMPORAL)

39. If I am not ordered, I will not destroy the hoplites.

40. Since I am not ordered, I will not destroy the hoplites.

41. Since we have been well educated we fare well. OR …we do good things.

42. They steal the she goats in order to sacrifice to the goddess.

43. Although harmed they did not cease.

44. If he/she/it had not been educated, he/she/it would not have done good things.

45. They were sent in order to guard the bridge.

46. They were sent in order to guard the bridge.

47. I sacrifice to the god since he preserves the land.

48. I sacrifice to the god since he preserves the land.

8. In the land which is well governed the army did not used to, you know, rule the people, but if in fact the citizens were (ever) harmed by the enemy, all of the citizens, after they left behind the old men in their houses, they were (always) arrayed by the generals in order to be on guard against the men who arrived in the land. [THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, DOESN'T IT?]

9. The books written by good poets will indeed teach the (class of) women who are slaves.

  1. The general, although he had arrayed the soldiers to the side of the sea, nevertheless he was not wishing to lead them (once and for all) across six stades [acc. extent of space] into battle.
  2. We have left behind gifts, or course, for that poet at least who has written concerning virtue (as an abstract). For he has taught all women together to do good things.
  3. When I left behind [action prior to main verb] goods for those bad rhetors, then I led the army into the land of the Greeks who were not being guarded [action simultaneous with main verb] by the soldiers.
  4. The thing which saves every land is virtue, you know, old sir.
  5. Are not all things that have been done at least by the gods just?
  6. He was leading the soldiers into the plain to begin the battle of course.

    7. (or… in order to begin the battle)

    (or… in order that he may begin the battle)

  7. If you should do beautiful things, brother, I would send (once and for all) within the night those animals which were sacrificed by the old man.
  8. That shameful rhetor, although he has both sent bribes [makes more sense than gifts in this context] to all the unjust men and at the same time persuaded the people to dissolve the peace, nevertheless he wished to be saved by quite all the free men, instead of "being harmed justly" [here, oddly, considered as an abstract idea, not connected directly with the man].
  9. Since (as I the writer am asserting) we women are faring poorly, friend, let us neither keep peace nor be slaves to the evil men.
  10. For the sake of their friends, the Athenians, when they had been persuaded by the evil rhetors, were wishing to rule all the islands at least, and then some (of the islands) were sending goods,

    11. but others, who (generic) were not persuaded, were harmed.

    [taking participle as attributive -- one can make a case]

    or

    others, if they were not persuaded, were harmed.

    [taking participle as circumstantial-- one can make a case]

  11. Greeks, although on that night you were guarding the freedom of all people, now, in fact, although you have fallen in for battle, will you neither obey the generals who wish to save quite everyone, nor will you preserve the land?
  12. You were send into the marketplace, shameful gasbag, in order to be indicted by the people on a charge of theft.
  13. Having left behind good books for his friends, the poet was buried by the young men who were educated well and beautifully.
  14. Since we (women) indicted on a charge of theft the women who stole the wine, we will guard for our own protection our houses indeed.
  15. If only we may now send at least gifts, you know, to the good men, who have arrayed the army for battle. For without virtue the generals will dissolve the democracy, both by harming the just men, and by doing unjust and shameful things.
  16. They were arriving, you know, into the island to (in order to) stop the war, but they were wishing to steal both the goats and the wine, gifts, which we had sent to the goddess.
  17. Are we, in fact, to prevent that old man from teaching the young men, because (as I the speaker assert) he has stolen the wine from the house?
  18. Will you (women) arrive into that land within five days to teach the citizens rhetoric? But you would not teach those citizens, if you should be guarded by the old men at least.