Exercise 16

In each of the following texts, for each name, fill in the general word that is appropriate. Use a dictionary or map to check the accuracy of your information.

  1. All-wise Fathers, you rightly over­threw _____ Honorius, once greatly puffed up on the throne and rule of the ______ of old Rome, and finally proclaimed him unworthy of both throne and rule. (Ode 4 of the Matins Canon of Sunday of the Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)
  2. …I have fallen together with a sea monster of evils; but bring me up from corruption, O God, as you one brought _______ Jonas… (Ode 6 of the Matins Canon of Wednesday in the Fourth Mode)
  3. …O Jesus, who traced the tables of the law on ______ Sinai for your servant _____ Moses. (Ode 9 of the Matins Canon for the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women)

Adapted from Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles by Katharine Barnwell, 2017, page 51.