He it was that had also built for Alexander the shapely ships, source of ills, that were made the harm of all the Trojans and of his own self, seeing he knew not in any way the oracles of the gods.
ὃς καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τεκτήνατο νῆας ἐΐσας ἀρχεκάκους , αἳ πᾶσι κακὸν Τρώεσσι γένοντο οἷ τ' αὐτῷ , ἐπεὶ οὔ τι θεῶν ἐκ θέσφατα ᾔδη .
ὅς καί ̓ἀλέξανδρος τεκταίνομαι ναῦς ἴσος ἀρχέκακος , ὅς πᾶς κακός Τρώς γίγνομαι ἕ τε αὐτός , ἐπεί οὐ τις θεός ἐκ θέσφατος οἶδα .