but when I had put on my glorious armour and grasped in my hand two long spears, I went to the fore-deck of the ship,
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καταδὺς κλυτὰ τεύχεα καὶ δύο δοῦρε μάκρ' ἐν χερσὶν ἑλὼν εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς ἔβαινον πρῴρης ·
ἀτάρ ἐγώ καταδύω κλυτός τεῦχος καί δύο δόρυ μακρός ἐν χείρ αἱρέω εἰς ἴκρια ναῦς βαίνω πρῷρα ·