for over-hanging banks stood all about its circuit on this side and on that, and at the top it was set with sharp stakes that the sons of the Achaeans had planted, close together and great, a defence against enemies.
κρημνοὶ γὰρ ἐπηρεφέες περὶ πᾶσαν ἕστασαν ἀμφοτέρωθεν , ὕπερθεν δὲ σκολόπεσσιν ὀξέσιν ἠρήρει , τοὺς ἵστασαν υἷες Ἀχαιῶν πυκνοὺς καὶ μεγάλους δηΐων ἀνδρῶν ἀλεωρήν .
κρημνός γάρ ἐπηρεφής περί πᾶς ἵστημι ἀμφοτέρωθεν , ὕπερθεν δέ σκόλοψ ὀξύς ἀραρίσκω , ὁ ἵστημι υἱός Ἀχαιός πυκνός καί μέγας δάιος ἀνήρ ἀλεωρή .