So he went his way along the huts and ships of the Achaeans, bearing his great purple cloak in his stout hand, and took his stand by Odysseus' black ship, huge of hull, that was in the midst so that a shout could reach to either end, both to the huts of Aias, son of Telamon, and to those of Achilles; for these had drawn up their shapely ships at the furthermost ends, trusting in their valour and in the strength of their hands.
βῆ δ' ἰέναι παρά τε κλισίας καὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν πορφύρεον μέγα φᾶρος ἔχων ἐν χειρὶ παχείῃ , στῆ δ' ἐπ' Ὀδυσσῆος μεγακήτεϊ νηῒ μελαίνῃ , ἥ ῥ' ἐν μεσσάτῳ ἔσκε γεγωνέμεν ἀμφοτέρωσε , ἠμὲν ἐπ' Αἴαντος κλισίας Τελαμωνιάδαο ἠδ' ἐπ' Ἀχιλλῆος , τοί ῥ' ἔσχατα νῆας ἐΐσας εἴρυσαν , ἠνορέῃ πίσυνοι καὶ κάρτεϊ χειρῶν · [0]
βαίνω δέ εἶμι παρά τε κλισία καί ναῦς Ἀχαιός πορφύρεος μέγας φᾶρος ἔχω ἐν χείρ παχύς , ἵστημι δέ ἐπί Ὀδυσσεύς μεγακήτης ναῦς μέλας , ὅς ἄρα ἐν μέσσατος εἰμί γέγωνα ἀμφοτέρωσε , ἠμέν ἐπί Αἴας κλισία Τελαμωνιάδης ἠδέ ἐπί Ἀχιλλεύς , ὁ ἆρα ἔσχατος ναῦς ἴσος ἐρύω1 , ἠνορέη πίσυνος καί κάρτος χείρ ·