but bind me with grievous bonds, that I may remain fast where I am, upright in the step of the mast, and let the ropes be made fast at the ends to the mast itself;
ἀλλά με δεσμῷ δήσατ' ἐν ἀργαλέῳ , ὄφρ' ἔμπεδον αὐτόθι μίμνω , ὀρθὸν ἐν ἱστοπέδῃ , ἐκ δ' αὐτοῦ πείρατ' ἀνήφθω .
ἀλλά ἐγώ δεσμός δέω ἐν ἀργαλέος , ὄφρα ἔμπεδος αὐτόθι μίμνω , ὀρθός ἐν ἱστοπέδη , ἐκ δέ αὐτός πεῖραρ ἀνάπτω .