Latin translation - Greeks and Trojans

Graeci Troiam capere volebant.

What did the Greeks want to do?

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decem annos Graeci urbem oppugnaverant.

What had the Greeks been doing?

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decem annos Graeci urbem oppugnaverant.

For how long had they been doing it?

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Troiani diu fortiter resistebant.

What is the correct translation?

• they resisted Troy bravely for a long time

• the Trojan gods resisted bravely

• the Trojans resisted bravely for a long time

• they resisted the Trojans bravely for a long time

Graeci multos Troianos, Troiani multos Graecos occiderant.

How do we know the fighting was fierce?

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iam Graeci, finem belli cupientes, consilium ceperunt.

Why did the Greeks come up with a plan?

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equum ligneum aedificaverunt, in quo paucos homines posuerunt. What was the first part of their plan?

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equum ligneum aedificaverunt, in quo paucos homines posuerunt. What was the second part of their plan?

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postquam equum prope muros urbis media nocte reliquerunt, in navibus abierunt. Which three of the following statements are true?

• the horse was behind the city walls

• the Greeks left the horse near the city walls

• the Greeks left the horse in the middle of the night

• the walls were round the middle of the city

• the Greeks sailed away

prima luce Troiani, simulatque equum conspexerunt, cogitabant quid facere deberent. Write down the two Latin words that tell us the time of day when the Trojans made their discovery.

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