For the men above kept hurling stones from the well-built towers, in defence of their own lives and of the huts and of the swift-faring ships.
οἳ δ' ἄρα χερμαδίοισιν ἐϋδμήτων ἀπὸ πύργων βάλλον ἀμυνόμενοι σφῶν τ' αὐτῶν καὶ κλισιάων νηῶν τ' ὠκυπόρων ·
ὁ δέ ἄρα χερμάδιον εὔδμητος ἀπό πύργος βάλλω ἀμύνω σφεῖς τε αὐτός καί κλισία ναῦς τε ὠκύπορος ·