Nay come, let us draw a black ship down to the bright sea for her first voyage, and let men choose two and fifty youths out of the people, even those that have until now been the best.
ἀλλ' ἄγε νῆα μέλαιναν ἐρύσσομεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν πρωτόπλοον , κούρω δὲ δύω καὶ πεντήκοντα κρινάσθων κατὰ δῆμον , ὅσοι πάρος εἰσὶν ἄριστοι .
ἀλλά ἄγε ναῦς μέλας ἐρύω1 εἰς ἅλς1 δῖος πρωτόπλοος , κοῦρος δέ δύο καί πεντήκοντα κρίνω κατά δῆμος , ὅσος πάρος εἰμί ἄριστος .