They two were labouring in the toil of war about the same ship, nor might the one drive back the other and burn the ship with fire, nor the other thrust him in back, now that a god had brought him near.
τὼ δὲ μιῆς περὶ νηὸς ἔχον πόνον , οὐ δὲ δύναντο οὔθ' ὃ τὸν ἐξελάσαι καὶ ἐνιπρῆσαι πυρὶ νῆα οὔθ' ὃ τὸν ἂψ ὤσασθαι , ἐπεί ῥ' ἐπέλασσέ γε δαίμων .
ὁ δέ εἷς περί ναῦς ἔχω πόνος , οὐ δέ δύναμαι οὔτε ὁ ὁ ἐξελαύνω καί ἐμπίμπρημι πῦρ ναῦς οὔτε ὁ ὁ ἄψ ὠθέω , ἐπεί ἄρα ἐπελαύνω γε δαίμων .