for now I shall appoint for a contest those axes which he was accustomed to set up in line in his halls, like props of a ship that is building, twelve in all,
νῦν γὰρ καταθήσω ἄεθλον , τοὺς πελέκεας , τοὺς κεῖνος ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἑοῖσιν ἵστασχ' ἑξείης , δρυόχους ὥς , δώδεκα πάντας ·
νῦν γάρ κατατίθημι ἆθλος , ὁ πέλεκυς , ὁ κεῖνος ἐν μέγαρον ἑός ἵστημι ἑξείης , δρύοχοι ὡς , δώδεκα πᾶς ·