Then in his turn the much-enduring brilliant Odysseus tried to lift, and moved him a little from the ground, but lifted him not, however he crooked his knee within that of Aias,
δεύτερος αὖτ' ἀνάειρε πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς , κίνησεν δ' ἄρα τυτθὸν ἀπὸ χθονός , οὐ δ' ἔτ' ἄειρεν , ἐν δὲ γόνυ γνάμψεν ·
δεύτερος αὖτε ἀναείρω πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς , κινέω δέ ἄρα τυτθός ἀπό χθών , οὐ δέ ἔτι ἀείρω , ἐν δέ γόνυ γνάμπτω ·