but darkness came on before that might be, the which above all else has now saved the Argives and their ships upon the beach of the sea.
ἀλλὰ πρὶν κνέφας ἦλθε , τὸ νῦν ἐσάωσε μάλιστα Ἀργείους καὶ νῆας ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης .
ἀλλά πρίν κνέφας ἔρχομαι , ὁ νῦν σώζω μάλιστα Ἀργεῖος καί ναῦς ἐπί ῥηγμίν θάλασσα .