First then he set up the axes, when he had dug a trench, one long trench for all, and made it straight to the line, and about them he stamped in the earth.
πρῶτον μὲν πελέκεας στῆσεν , διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας πᾶσι μίαν μακρήν , καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν , ἀμφὶ δὲ γαῖαν ἔναξε ·
πρῶτος μέν πέλεκυς ἵστημι , διά τάφρος ὀρύσσω πᾶς εἷς μακρός , καί ἐπί στάθμη ἰθύνω , ἀμφί δέ γαῖα νάσσω ·