while I, throwing my weight upon it from above, whirled it round, as when a man bores a ship's timber with a drill, while those below keep it spinning with the thong, which they lay hold of by either end, and the drill runs around unceasingly.
ἐγὼ δ' ἐφύπερθεν ἐρεισθεὶς δίνεον , ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ δόρυ νήιον ἀνὴρ τρυπάνῳ , οἱ δέ τ' ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι ἁψάμενοι ἑκάτερθε , τὸ δὲ τρέχει ἐμμενὲς αἰεί . [0]
ἐγώ δέ ἐφύπερθε ἐρείδω δινεύω , ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπάω δόρυ νήιος ἀνήρ τρύπανον , ὁ δέ τε ἔνερθε ὑποσείω ἱμάς ἅπτω ἑκάτερθε , ὁ δέ τρέχω ἐμμενής ἀεί .