So spoke he, and forthwith Poseidon and Pallas Athene drew near and stood by his side, being likened in form to mortal men, and they clasped his hand in theirs and pledged him in words.
ὣς φάτο , τῷ δὲ μάλ' ὦκα Ποσειδάων καὶ Ἀθήνη στήτην ἐγγὺς ἰόντε , δέμας δ' ἄνδρεσσιν ἐΐκτην , χειρὶ δὲ χεῖρα λαβόντες ἐπιστώσαντ' ἐπέεσσι .
ὡς φημί , ὁ δέ μάλα ὦκα Ποσειδεών καί Ἀθήνη ἵστημι ἐγγύς εἶμι , δέμας δέ ἀνήρ εἴκω1 , χείρ δέ χείρ λαμβάνω πιστόω ἔπος .