Let us drag down the ships that are drawn up in the first line nearby the sea, and let us draw them all forth into the bright sea, and moor them afloat with anchor-stones, till immortal night shall come, if so be that even at her bidding the Trojans will refrain from war;
νῆες ὅσαι πρῶται εἰρύαται ἄγχι θαλάσσης ἕλκωμεν , πάσας δὲ ἐρύσσομεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν , ὕψι δ' ἐπ' εὐνάων ὁρμίσσομεν , εἰς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ νὺξ ἀβρότη , ἢν καὶ τῇ ἀπόσχωνται πολέμοιο Τρῶες ·
ναῦς ὅσος πρότερος ἐρύω1 ἄγχι θάλασσα ἕλκω , πᾶς δέ ἐρύω1 εἰς ἅλς1 δῖος , ὕψι δέ ἐπί εὐνή ὁρμίζω , εἰς ὅς ἄν ἔρχομαι νύξ ἄβροτος , ἐάν καί ὁ ἀπέχω πόλεμος Τρώς ·