These they set all together by the trunk of the olive tree, out of the path, lest by chance some wayfarer, before Odysseus awoke, might come upon them and spoil them.
καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν παρὰ πυθμέν' ἐλαίης ἀθρόα θῆκαν ἐκτὸς ὁδοῦ , μή πώς τις ὁδιτάων ἀνθρώπων , πρίν γ' Ὀδυσῆ' ἔγρεσθαι , ἐπελθὼν δηλήσαιτο ·
καί ὁ μέν οὖν παρά πυθμήν ἐλαία ἀθρόος τίθημι ἐκτός ὁδός , μή πῶς τις ὁδίτης ἄνθρωπος , πρίν γε Ὀδυσσεύς ἔγρω , ἐπέρχομαι δηλέομαι ·