Nestor, seeing they are fighting at the sterns of the ships, and the well-built wall has did not avail, nor in any way the trench, whereat the Danaans laboured sore, and hoped in their hearts that it would be an unbreakable bulwark for their ships and for themselves—
Νέστορ ἐπεὶ δὴ νηυσὶν ἔπι πρυμνῇσι μάχονται , τεῖχος δ' οὐκ ἔχραισμε τετυγμένον , οὐ δέ τι τάφρος , ᾗ ἔπι πολλὰ πάθον Δαναοί , ἔλποντο δὲ θυμῷ ἄρρηκτον νηῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν εἶλαρ ἔσεσθαι · [0] [1]
Νέστωρ ἐπεί δή ναῦς ἐπί πρυμνός μάχομαι , τεῖχος δέ οὐ χραισμέω τεύχω , οὐ δέ τις τάφρος , ὅς ἐπί πολύς πάσχω Δαναοί , ἔλπω δέ θυμός ἄρρηκτος ναῦς τε καί αὐτός εἶλαρ εἰμί ·