but Zeus warded off the fates from his own son that he should not be laid low at the ships' sterns;
ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς κῆρας ἄμυνε παιδὸς ἑοῦ , μὴ νηυσὶν ἔπι πρύμνῃσι δαμείη ·
ἀλλά Ζεύς κήρ ἀμύνω παῖς ἑός , μή ναῦς ἐπί πρύμνα δαμάζω ·