nor were the ditch of the Danaans and their wide wall above long to protect them, the wall that they had built as a defence for their ships and had drawn a trench about it—
οὐ δ' ἄρ' ἔμελλε τάφρος ἔτι σχήσειν Δαναῶν καὶ τεῖχος ὕπερθεν εὐρύ , τὸ ποιήσαντο νεῶν ὕπερ , ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν ·
οὐ δέ ἄρα μέλλω τάφρος ἔτι ἔχω Δαναοί καί τεῖχος ὕπερθεν εὐρύς , ὁ ποιέω ναῦς ὑπέρ , ἀμφί δέ τάφρος ἐλαύνω ·