and outside let us dig a deep ditch nearby, which shall intervene and keep back chariots and footmen, lest ever the battle of the lordly Trojans press heavily upon us.
ἔκτοσθεν δὲ βαθεῖαν ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον , ἥ χ' ἵππον καὶ λαὸν ἐρυκάκοι ἀμφὶς ἐοῦσα , μή ποτ' ἐπιβρίσῃ πόλεμος Τρώων ἀγερώχων .
ἔκτοσθε δέ βαθύς ὀρύσσω ἐγγύθι τάφρος , ὅς ἄν ἵππος καί λαός ἐρύκω ἀμφίς εἰμί , μή ποτέ ἐπιβρίθω πόλεμος Τρώς ἀγέρωχος .