Now there lay beneath the portico the cable of a curved ship, made of byblus plant, wherewith he made fast the gates, and then himself went within.
κεῖτο δ' ὑπ' αἰθούσῃ ὅπλον νεὸς ἀμφιελίσσης βύβλινον , ᾧ ῥ' ἐπέδησε θύρας , ἐς δ' ἤϊεν αὐτός ·
κεῖμαι δέ ὑπό αἴθουσα ὅπλον ναῦς ἀμφιέλισσα βύβλινος , ὅς ἆρα ἐπιδέω θύρα , εἰς δέ εἶμι αὐτός ·