but no man marked it or thought in their haste to draw forth from his thigh the spear of ash, that he might stand upon his feet;
τὸ μὲν οὔ τις ἐπεφράσατ' οὐ δὲ νόησε μηροῦ ἐξερύσαι δόρυ μείλινον ὄφρ' ἐπιβαίη σπευδόντων ·
ὁ μέν οὐ τις ἐπιφράζω οὐ δέ νοέω μηρός ἐξερύω δόρυ μέλινος ὄφρα ἐπιβαίνω σπεύδω ·