As when a man that guides its flow leads from a dark spring a stream of water among his plants and garden-lots a mattock in his hands and clears away the dams from the channel—
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ ὀχετηγὸς ἀπὸ κρήνης μελανύδρου ἂμ φυτὰ καὶ κήπους ὕδατι ῥόον ἡγεμονεύῃ χερσὶ μάκελλαν ἔχων , ἀμάρης ἐξ ἔχματα βάλλων · [0]
ὡς δέ ὅτι ἀνήρ ὀχετηγός ἀπό κρήνη μελάνυδρος ἀνά φυτόν καί κῆπος ὕδωρ ῥόος ἡγεμονεύω χείρ μάκελλα ἔχω , ἀμάρα ἐκ ἔχμα βάλλω ·