For but their ships of themselves understand the thoughts and minds of men, and they know the cities and rich fields of all peoples, and most swiftly do they cross over the gulf of the sea, hidden in mist and cloud,
ἀλλ' αὐταὶ ἴσασι νοήματα καὶ φρένας ἀνδρῶν , καὶ πάντων ἴσασι πόλιας καὶ πίονας ἀγροὺς ἀνθρώπων , καὶ λαῖτμα τάχισθ' ἁλὸς ἐκπερόωσιν ἠέρι καὶ νεφέλῃ κεκαλυμμέναι ·
ἀλλά αὐτός οἶδα νόημα καί φρήν ἀνήρ , καί πᾶς οἶδα πόλις καί πίων ἀγρός ἄνθρωπος , καί λαῖτμα ταχύς ἅλς2 ἐκπεράω ἀήρ καί νεφέλη καλύπτω ·