Chapter 13 of Aspasia is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Aspasia is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN IONIAN HONEYMOON. Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes. Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander. With him was the beautiful Theodota. Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
Chapter 13 of Aspasia is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be present or associated with an event or entity
From this reading “Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.”
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.”
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading “Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.”
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading “IN IONIAN HONEYMOON.”
approval to do something
From this reading “Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.”
asked for
From this reading “Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.”
in a menacing manner
From this reading “Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.”
plural of “trireme” — ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side
From this reading “Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.”
In this reading “Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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be present or associated with an event or entity
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
anew
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading With him was the beautiful Theodota.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With him was the beautiful Theodota.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading IN IONIAN HONEYMOON.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN IONIAN HONEYMOON.
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
From this reading IN IONIAN HONEYMOON.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
approval to do something
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
asked for
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
transport commercially
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With him was the beautiful Theodota.
in a menacing manner
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus the charming dancer again threateningly approached Pericles’ horizon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
plural of “trireme” — ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
which person or people
From this reading Hipponicus, who was trierarch of the second ship, had requested permission to accompany his commander.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pericles had made the short passage from Samos to Miletus with two of his triremes.
Chapter 13 of Aspasia by Robert Hamerling holds 245 sentences, grouped into 49 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 13 holds 245 sentences of Aspasia, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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