He heard the noise and the bustle of his comrades as they moved about, and suddenly sprang up, and forgot to go to the long ladder that he might come down again, but fell headlong from the roof,
κινυμένων δ' ἑτάρων ὅμαδον καὶ δοῦπον ἀκούσας ἐξαπίνης ἀνόρουσε καὶ ἐκλάθετο φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἄψορρον καταβῆναι ἰὼν ἐς κλίμακα μακρήν , ἀλλὰ καταντικρὺ τέγεος πέσεν ·
κίνυμαι δέ ἑταῖρος ὅμαδος καί δοῦπος ἀκούω ἐξαπίνης ἀνορούω καί ἐκλανθάνω φρήν ἑός ἄψορρος καταβαίνω εἶμι εἰς κλῖμαξ μακρός , ἀλλά καταντικρύ τέγος πίπτω ·