And as when a smoke goes up from a city and reaches to heaven from afar, from an island that foes beleaguer, and the men thereof contend the whole day through in hateful war from their city's walls,
ὡς δ' ὅτε καπνὸς ἰὼν ἐξ ἄστεος αἰθέρ' ἵκηται τηλόθεν ἐκ νήσου , τὴν δήϊοι ἀμφιμάχωνται , οἵ τε πανημέριοι στυγερῷ κρίνονται Ἄρηϊ ἄστεος ἐκ σφετέρου · [0] [1] [2]
ὡς δέ ὅτε καπνός εἶμι ἐκ ἄστυ αἰθήρ ἱκνέομαι τηλόθεν ἐκ νῆσος , ὁ δάιος ἀμφιμάχομαι , ὅς τε πανημέριος στυγερός κρίνω Ἄρης ἄστυ ἐκ σφέτερος ·