Without he had driven stakes the whole length, this way and that, huge stakes, set close together, which he had made by splitting an oak to the black core;
σταυροὺς δ' ἐκτὸς ἔλασσε διαμπερὲς ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα , πυκνοὺς καὶ θαμέας , τὸ μέλαν δρυὸς ἀμφικεάσσας ·
σταυρός δέ ἐκτός ἐλαύνω διαμπερές ἔνθα καί ἔνθα , πυκνός καί θαμέες , ὁ μέλας δρῦς ἀμφικεάζω ·