He said that some day, as a beautiful ship of the Phaeacians was returning from a passage over the misty deep, Poseidon would strike her, and would fling a great mountain about our town.
φῆ ποτὲ Φαιήκων ἀνδρῶν περικαλλέα , νῆα , ἐκ πομπῆς ἀνιοῦσαν , ἐν ἠεροειδέϊ πόντῳ ῥαισέμεναι , μέγα δ' ἧμιν ὄρος πόλει ἀμφικαλύψειν .
φημί ποτέ Φαίαξ ἀνήρ περικαλλής , ναῦς , ἐκ πομπή ἄνειμι , ἐν ἠεροειδής πόντος ῥαίω , μέγας δέ ἐγώ ὄρος πόλις ἀμφικαλύπτω .