and he from beneath his shield grasped a brilliant axe of fine bronze, set on a haft of olive-wood, long and well-polished;
ὃ δ' ὑπ' ἀσπίδος εἵλετο καλὴν ἀξίνην εὔχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ μακρῷ ἐϋξέστῳ ·
ὁ δέ ὑπό ἀσπίς αἱρέω καλός ἀξίνη εὔχαλκος ἐλάινος ἀμφί πέλεκκον μακρός εὔξεστος ·