But when they were come to the place where it seemed good to them to set their ambush, in a river-bed where was a watering-place for all herds alike, there they sate them down, clothed about with flaming bronze.
οἳ δ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἵκανον ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι ἐν ποταμῷ , ὅθι τ' ἀρδμὸς ἔην πάντεσσι βοτοῖσιν , ἔνθ' ἄρα τοί γ' ἵζοντ' εἰλυμένοι αἴθοπι χαλκῷ .
ὁ δέ ὅτε δή ἄρα ἱκάνω ὅθι σφεῖς εἴκω1 λοχάω ἐν ποταμός , ὅθι τε ἀρδμός εἰμί πᾶς βοτόν , ἔνθα ἄρα ὁ γε ἵζω εἰλύω αἶθοψ χαλκός .